Some Republicans now backing health care exchange

Some Republicans now backing health care exchange

STEPHEN DOCKERY, Associated Press

HELENA, — A plan to set up a state-regulated health insurance marketplace is getting a second chance in the Montana Legislature.

Republican legislative leaders have often spoken out against the Obama administration's federal health care law, part of which calls for state-run health care exchanges that offer people a choice of health plans with a range of coverage levels and pricing.

Many Republicans call it an unjust mandate that unfairly taxes Montanans, and a Democrat-backed plan to set up an insurance exchan...