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Huge shift of residents on public health care plans underway
State health officials are in the midst of a massive transition of residents on public health programs, shifting hundreds of thousands of low-income people to new coverage plans as the state aims to book millions of dollars in savings.
Read More »Backlog spurs renewed calls to jettison MNsure
Republicans renewed their call for the state to begin transitioning to the federal healthcare.gov system.
Read More »Lourey feels ‘pretty good’ – not great – about HHS deal
Lourey said he thinks his HHS omnibus might be the best of the budget bills passed in the hectic final days of the session.
Read More »Bills have divergent health and human services visions
The bills' wildly divergent conditions stem partly from the budget targets set by their respective caucuses, with the Senate looking to spend $343 million in surplus funds and the House trying to find more than $500 million in savings
Read More »Public health programs flashpoints in brewing debate
The MinnesotaCare provision is the bill’s most significant change to existing law, and perhaps its least likely to gain agreement from Senate Democrats and Gov. Mark Dayton.
Read More »Still no sure thing, MNsure fix continues
MNsure prepares to approve about $3 million in additional spending toward website fixes, bringing the state’s contract with the Deloitte consulting firm above $8 million.
Read More »First enrollee lawsuit filed against MNsure
A Cottage Grove man is suing for $2,127 after he claims his initial application was wrongfully denied.
Read More »MNsure study heralded by Democrats
The dramatic cut in the number of uninsured people in the state brought cheers from Democrats, but the federal health care law will remain a focus of GOP campaigns.
Read More »Some MinnesotaCare clients paying too much
DHS computer troubles delay cost-lowering transfer under new law.
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