Why do so many young people still avoid Obamacare like the plague? The expectation was that the health insurance exchange would cash flow on the actuarial backs of millions of…
Patient Daily identifies the six states that have seen the largest increases in premium costs under Obamacare. Happily, Minnesota doesn’t make the cut: Nationwide, health insurance costs are up by…
Thousands of Minnesotans already traumatized by up to 67 percent increases in individual health premiums experienced another shock today. The MNsure state health insurance exchange and help center intermittently crashed…
Steep Affordable Care Act premium hikes and declining options through the MNsure state health insurance exchange have made headlines for days. Rate increases of 50 to 67 percent on the…
This piece originally appeared in the Star Tribune on October 21, 2016. He’s wrong on several points, and unhelpful. In “Don’t believe Republicans: MNsure isn’t the problem” (Oct. 19), Gov.…
The Star Tribunal Editorial Board recently tried to clear up a few “misunderstood health-care realities” about Minnesota’s troubled individual insurance market. Their editorial took subtle aim at countering criticisms of President…
By now most Minnesotans realize the Affordable Care Act has drastically increased the cost of healthcare coverage for many, while at the same time decreasing coverage choices. Governor Mark Dayton…
Three years after a disastrous launch, the MNsure state health care exchange’s IT system (METS) remains so dysfunctional that county officials still struggling to implement it openly question whether the…
Three years after a disastrous launch, the MNsure state health care exchange’s IT system (METS) remains so dysfunctional that county officials still struggling to implement it openly question whether the…
Back in June, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota announced it was pulling out of Minnesota’s individual insurance market due to heavy losses. As a result, 103,000 policy holders will…
The Star Tribune editorial board continues to think ideological blinders are still in fashion. That’s my main takeaway from their recent editorial on Minnesota’s individual insurance market. The editorial highlights the…
According to MPR, “Minnesota’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has decided to stop selling health plans to individuals and families in Minnesota starting next year.…
PAUL, MINN.– After eleven years of facing labor organizers at their doors, Minnesota in-home child care providers overwhelmingly rejected union representation in an election decided today in St. Paul. “Providers have…
Judy Santiago just wants a level playing field with the Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin nurses who compete with her. Minnesota has granted reciprocity to licensed nurses…
The Duluth News Tribune published an in-depth article on how some people who enrolled in Medicaid through MNsure are making a shocking discovery: The state has placed a claim on…
The Affordable Care Act was supposed to extend health coverage to millions—not millionaires. Yet while many families continue to struggle to afford medical insurance, some Minnesotans with millions in assets…
Minnesota’s Legislative Auditor found that over a five-month period the state overpaid between $115 and $271 million in Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare benefits due to MNsure’s failure to ensure people…
This piece originally appeared in the Winona Daily News on January 26, 2016. Rising health care costs pose a serious challenge to Minnesota, especially to those living in the southeast…
The Star Tribune reports Minnesota spent $1.2 billion less than projected on public health care programs in 2014. Lower spending is, of course, great news for Minnesota’s budget. Lower spending…
We now have an idea of how three of the seventeen or so Republican candidates would move beyond Obamacare. Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Marco Rubio and, most recently, Gov. Scott Walker have all outlined in…
Good news from the Supreme Court today: If you like your health care subsidies, you can keep them. If you like limited government and the separation of powers, you are…
Today the Supreme Court held federal tax credits to fund health insurance coverage will continue to flow through thefederal health insurance exchange. The holding cements the ACA as the law…
Minnesota’s health care system struggles with many of the same problems as the rest of the country. In particular, high and...
Last week news broke from the Star Tribune that the Minnesota Department of Commerce “asked” PreferredOne to lower rates. At the same time the Star Tribune was developing their story,…