Medica’s return to individual market means second option for 62 Minnesota counties
The development is particularly important for consumers in 62 counties across western and southern
In November, the state
On Tuesday, Commerce reported that not as many
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The news affects only the state's individual market, where about 5 percent of Minnesotans buy coverage.
It's the market for self-employed people and those who don't receive coverage from their employer or a government program.
In the past week, lawmakers created a 25 percent rebate program to help certain consumers in the individual market who are facing premium spikes for 2017 coverage. Tuesday was to have been the close of open enrollment in the market, but insurers and the state's MNsure exchange in recent days have announced special enrollment periods that effectively extend the deadline until
The imposition of a cap for
Since November, the loss of
In western
"If they used
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"Each care system shares in the risk ... so it is necessary for
"We are accepting new enrollment through MNsure in all
Blue Plus and
Last year,
The fact that
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