Republican solutions can solve Minnesota's health insurance woes : startribune

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Republican solutions can solve Minnesota's health insurance woes

Republican solutions can solve Minnesota's health insurance woes

Now that MNsure's rates have been released, Minnesotans are finally able to assess the damage higher insurance premiums will have on their household budgets in 2017.Approximately 250,000 Minnesotans will be faced with increases averaging from 50 percent to 67 percent over this year's costs, and at least 100,000 will lose their current coverage and trusted doctor.This is not a new trend.


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HMOs still hold too much sway in Minnesota health insurance

HMOs still hold too much sway in Minnesota health insurance

I have watched for many years as Minnesota's nonprofit health plans continue to victimize the citizens of this state by overbilling the taxpayers for their self-reported, unaudited and inflated cost claims.I have been amazed by the complete lack of any oversight by our state agencies and frustrated by the apparent lack of interest that the overwhelming majority of legislators has displayed in the health care crisis that now threatens to destroy any reasonable expectation of access to quality care at an affordable price.I must say that the events and statements of the past week ("Self-insured to get sharp sting," Oct. 1), concerning the obscene premium increases and the complacency of Minnesota officials, have demonstrated that there may be no limit to what they think they can get away with.