At the Capitol: Legislators planning rival health insurance bills
State senators from both parties say they plan to introduce legislation soon related to health insurance purchasing in Minnesota.
State starts work on health care plan
By: Matt Herbert The debate over health care is set to heat up in Minnesota. A group tasked with developing an online health insurance marketplace where people can compare health insurance plans made recommendations to Gov. Mark Dayton this week. But Republican legislators opposed to recent health care reform legislation declined to take part in the process. The Minnesota Health Insurance ...
Battle over how health insurance is sold in Minnesota begins
Legislators will offer dueling bills on how insurance marketplace should be organized -- or restricted.
DFLers aim to set up health insurance exchange
ST. PAUL - Some Minnesota officials say the race is on to beat the federal government in setting up a marketplace to buy health insurance.
Task force issues recommendations for health insurance exchange
ST. PAUL — Efforts to set up a health insurance exchange in Minnesota are moving ahead without Republican input. An advisory task force released its recommendations on Monday for setting up an exchange. But notably
Dayton, Republicans battle over health exchange
The war of words between Republican legislators and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton continued on Friday with a new focus: State workers who are developing a health exchange.
Gov. must wait for legislators to act on health exchange, lawmaker says
A key GOP Minnesota lawmaker says the state needs legislative authority to establish a health insurance exchange, a central part of the federal health care overhaul.
Consumer Engagement Important in Health Insurance Rate Reviews
-AARP Arizona Supports AZ Department of Insurance Work on Issue- PEORIA, Ariz., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, health insurance companies in Arizona are pursuing double-digit premium increases for more than 30...
DFLer to introduce state health insurance exchange bill
A DFL state lawmaker from Inver Grove Heights says he'll introduce legislation to establish one of the central parts of the federal health care law: a state insurance exchange.
Minn. lawmakers set to resume health insurance exchange fight
Gov. Mark Dayton says his administration may be unable to build an exchange without legislative approval. But the Republican-controlled legislature is split over whether to support implementation of that provision of the health care law.