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Capitol Retort: MNsure emergency, Trump’s advice, bye-bye bees
Fresh perspectives on recent news events from Jeff Kolb, Sarah Janecek and Abou Amara.
Dayton backs insurers on discontinued plans
Sen. Michele Benson, R-Ham Lake, said Dayton had "made a promise he couldn't keep," and House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt called the decision "disrespectful."
MNsure to offer new insurance plans in southeastern Minnesota
The lack of plans available was thought to be caused by the relatively expensive cost of health care in that region.
MNsure reveals costs of health insurance plans
Minnesota's health insurance exchange will offer more than 100 insurance products with a starting prices as low as $91 per month when it opens for business on Oct. 1, state officials announced on Friday.
Politicos, as ever, flock to Farmfest
In the flurry of activity that closed out the 2013 legislative session, a sales tax on farm machinery repairs became part of the omnibus tax bill ultimately signed into law. Now that the tax is on the books and farmers are facing levies on the labor costs of having their tractors and milking parlors fixed, it’s no surprise that the 11th-hour development at the Capitol is one of the hot topics at[...]
State’s unclaimed property cache grows
The state of Minnesota has a potential pool of revenue at its disposal that many lawmakers may not know about. Over the last decade, the value of assets held by the state as unclaimed personal property has more than tripled.
Legislators introduce bill establishing health insurance exchange
A bipartisan group of legislators unveiled a bill on Wednesday to create a state-administered marketplace where individuals and corporations will be able to purchase health insurance. Minnesota must enact such legislation by the end of March in order to be in compliance with the federal Affordable Care Act, which will be fully implemented in 2014.
Lobbying pressures force exchange move
For casual observers outside Minnesota health care policy circles, the health insurance exchange that’s being pursued under the strictures of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act appeared to be a collaborative process. At least until recently.
State reaches $2.5 million settlement with Accretive
The state of Minnesota has reached a settlement deal with Accretive Health, Inc., in which the company will pay $2.5 million and not do business in the state for two years.
Health care battles roll on
Obamacare is here to stay. That is the apparent takeaway from the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that largely upheld the 2010 federal health care overhaul.
Franken brings hospital debt collection hearing to state Capitol
The uproar over debt collection practices at Fairview Health Services hospitals in the Twin Cities intensified in St. Paul as U.S. Sen. Al Franken convened a field hearing at the state Capitol to listen to patients’ stories of being accosted by employees of Accretive Health Inc
Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman: a full staff and a full plate
Among Rothman’s first efforts was reorganizing the department, bringing the insurance fraud and securities divisions, along with the market assurance division, into the newly formed Enforcement Unit.
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