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By The Associated Press
We're only in the first year of the new year and we are already seeing sweeping changes in Washington and across several states.
One of them being health care. Now that the Obama administration has secured another term, health care will begin to look a little different as the next four years pass.
And here in Oklahoma, the same discussions are being held among Governor Mary Fallin and her administration.
Back in November she announced that Oklahoma will not establish a state-run health insurance exchange under the federal health care law or expand its Medicaid eligibility to provide coverage to thousands of low-income, uninsured citizens.
Instead, she has left it up to the Obama administration to set up the insurance exchange in Oklahoma citing that the exchange was forced on the people of Oklahoma.
Here's a look at the routes states are taking to implement President Barack Obama's health care law, including health insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid coverage, along with the number of people in each state who don't have health insurance:
| STATE | EXCHANGE OPTION | MEDICAID OPTION | UNINSURED RESIDENTS |
| Alabama | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 696,000 |
| Alaska | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 128,000 |
| Arizona | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 1,306,000 |
| Arkansas | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 545,000 |
| California | State exchange | Expanding | 7,471,000 |
| Colorado | State exchange | Decision pending | 817,000 |
| Connecticut | State exchange | Expanding | 391,000 |
| Delaware | Federal-state partnership | Expanding | 115,000 |
| Washington, D.C. | State exchange | Expanding | 65,000 |
| Florida | Decision pending | Decision pending | 3,952,000 |
| Georgia | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 1,992,000 |
| Hawaii | State exchange | Expanding | 102,000 |
| Idaho | State exchange | Decision pending | 239,000 |
| Illinois | Federal-state partnership | Expanding | 1,795,000 |
| Indiana | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 856,000 |
| Iowa | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 292,000 |
| Kansas | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 361,000 |
| Kentucky | State exchange | Decision pending | 727,000 |
| Louisiana | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 811,000 |
| Maine | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 146,000 |
| Maryland | State exchange | Expanding | 734,000 |
| Massachusetts | State exchange | Expanding | 215,000 |
| Michigan | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 1,336,000 |
| Minnesota | State exchange | Expanding | 453,000 |
| Mississippi | Decision pending | Not expanding | 530,000 |
| Missouri | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 780,000 |
| Montana | Decision pending | Decision pending | 179,000 |
| Nebraska | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 226,000 |
| Nevada | State exchange | Expanding | 555,000 |
| New Hampshire | Decision pending | Decision pending | 136,000 |
| New Jersey | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 1,334,000 |
| New Mexico | State exchange | Decision pending | 506,000 |
| New York | State exchange | Expanding | 2,780,000 |
| North Carolina | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 1,583,000 |
| North Dakota | Decision pending | Decision pending | 74,000 |
| Ohio | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 1,578,000 |
| Oklahoma | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 597,000 |
| Oregon | State exchange | Expanding | 678,000 |
| Pennsylvania | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 1,319,000 |
| Rhode Island | State exchange | Expanding | 122,000 |
| South Carolina | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 754,000 |
| South Dakota | Federal-state partnership | Not expanding | 108,000 |
| Tennessee | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 982,000 |
| Texas | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 6,654,000 |
| Utah | State exchange | Decision pending | 424,000 |
| Vermont | State exchange | Expanding | 61,000 |
| Virginia | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 1,023,000 |
| Washington | State exchange | Expanding | 812,000 |
| West Virginia | Federal-state partnership | Decision pending | 266,000 |
| Wisconsin | Federal exchange | Decision pending | 562,000 |
| Wyoming | Federal exchange | Not expanding | 84,000 |
Source: Associated Press Research, U.S. Health and Human Services Department and the Urban Institute.
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