From Inside Health Insurance Exchanges - HHS’s decision to delay elements of the health reform law is prompting renewed speculation that the feds will push back the start of federally facilitated exchanges (FFEs). Others, however, caution that delay rumors are nothing new, and point to inaccurate predictions that the Supreme Court last June, and the presidential elections last fall, would delay or derail exchanges. In March, HHS indicated that a key feature of the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) would be delayed by one year in federally facilitated and state-partnership exchanges (HEX 4/4/13, p. 6). Read more