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A pair of states this week have taken major steps toward running their own Obamacare exchanges, potentially shielding their residents from a Supreme Court ruling this month that could eliminate insurance subsidies in the 34 states that haven’t set up their own marketplaces. (Pradhan, 6/3)

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Tuesday it has formally applied to take over the operation of Pennsylvania’s health insurance marketplace as the Democrat seeks a bulwark against the potential loss of health insurance subsidies for hundreds of thousands of state residents. Wolf’s Department of Insurance submitted the application to the federal government on Monday, the deadline if Pennsylvania is to move to a state-based marketplace in 2016. (Levy, 6/3)

A ruling against the Affordable Care Act could end insurance subsidies for millions of people who live in the 37 states - including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware - that rely on the federal marketplace. The 13 that set up state marketplaces two years ago would not be affected. Pennsylvania on Tuesday became the only additional state to announce that it had applied to set up an exchange by Monday's federal deadline. (Sapatkin, 6/3)