Interview: SJ-R's Dean Olsen On Rollout Of Obama Health Care Law

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Peter Gray

Published August 6, 2013 at 11:03 AM CDT

Illinois' online marketplace for health insurance expected to be up and running by October.

Dean Olsen has been keeping an eye on the implementation of "Obamacare" in Illinois.

Olsen is the State-Journal Register's health care reporter. His five-part series in the SJ-R this week focuses on the new health law's impact on consumers, providers and insurance companies.

Olsen joined Peter Gray on Illinois Edition to talk about the politics behind the new policies, how federal dollars are being invested to educate the public and more:

Peter Gray

Peter has a diverse background in public, independent and commercial media production. Beginning in 2011, Peter served as reporter and “Morning Edition” host for WUIS. He completed his work at WUIS in 2014. Prior to his start in public radio, he covered the Illinois legislature for NBC affiliate WANDTV-17 and helped launch Phenom Features, a non-profit apprenticeship film studio. Peter hails from Oswego, Ill., where he grew up watching WTTW-11/PBS.

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