Minnesota Health Insurance:
Affordable health insurance in Minnesota. News about family, individual, group and small business health insurance from Minnesota. Healht insurance coverage, available plans and updates from Minnesota.
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Aug 26th, 2009
MinnesotaCare, the state’s health insurance plan for the poor and working poor, has experienced a 25 percent increase in applications so far this year, placing a significant burden on processing time and thus delaying coverage for many people. The surge in applications can be blamed on several factors, not least of which is a growing number of people either losing their jobs or losing health insurance when their employers drop coverage because of cost.
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Nov 8th, 2008
HHS has granted Minnesota a waiver to allow the state to continue providing SCHIP coverage for some parents through June 2011.
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Oct 2nd, 2008
Spending by private health plans in Minnesota increased by 4.3% from 2006 to 2007, the lowest growth rate since 1997.
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Sep 16th, 2008
Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Keith Ellison have introduced bills to suspend a proposed federal Medicaid rule that would reduce funding for the state's MinnesotaCare program and that potentially could cut up to 18,000 low- and middle-income beneficiaries from the program.
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May 14th, 2008
Minnesota Governor vetoed legislation that would have expanded access to publicly-sponsored health coverage, saying the bill would not reduce health care costs or improve quality.
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May 3rd, 2008
Minnesota Governor said that legislation being considered to overhaul the state's health care system should include health savings accounts and tax credits as a way to reduce costs for residents who purchase private health insurance.
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Apr 14th, 2008
The Minnesota House voted 83-50 to approve legislation that would overhaul the state's health care system using money from a fund that helps pay for a subsidized health care program.
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Mar 31st, 2008
The Minnesota Senate voted 41-22 to grant preliminary approval to legislation that would overhaul the state health care system and expand coverage to 47,000 state residents.
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Mar 27th, 2008
Minnesota lawmakers this week are expected to approve legislation that is expected to reduce health care spending in the state by 20% by 2015 and extend coverage to an additional 47,000 residents.
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Feb 7th, 2008
Minnesota to require all residents to obtain health coverage and that the state use savings from reducing inefficiencies and insurers' administrative costs to extend health coverage to the uninsured.