One millenial’s case for MNSure and Obamacare
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The people who are dumping on MnSure and threatening to de-fund the Affordable Care Act really need to listen to us struggling Millennials. Continue Reading
Health reform unclear to high-risk patients, University of Minnesota study finds
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Many Minnesotans who need health care the most are unfamiliar with how the Affordable Care Act will change their insurance, according to a University of Minnesota study published Monday.
OPINION | MNsure operators standing by!
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On Tuesday, September 3, the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange’s telephone help desk went live. Next month, MNsure, Minnesota’s health insurance marketplace, launches. And, in the eternal struggle between the informed health insurance providers and considerably less informed health insurance consumers, consumers gain ground.
Giants in the earth: Carrie Ruud, Paul Bunyan, Hermann the German and other leviathans
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Norwegian-American author Ole Edvart Rølvaag–oh, let’s call him what he was, a St. Olaf professor–set Giants in the Earth on the windswept Dakota prairies, but the book resonates for Minnesotans too. Continue Reading
MNsure opens a new world
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Nearly 1 million Minnesotans will gain access to affordable, quality health insurance beginning next year, thanks to MNsure, the new online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can shop for and enroll in health insurance. Continue Reading
Delaying employer mandate barely a bump in the road for the Affordable Care Act
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Earlier this month, the Obama administration delayed implementing one component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the provision that requires large employers to pay a penalty if they fail to offer health insurance coverage. The decision gives the federal government more time to clarify the rules and gives businesses more time to comply. A recent study by the Urban Institute assures us that it will not slow down the ACA’s goal to reduce the number of uninsured. Continue Reading
With Minnesota health insurance exchange beginning in October, forums address widespread confusion on Affordable Care Act
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be in full force sooner rather than later, and U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison says every American will benefit from it. However, he sadly points out that there are “professional misinformation spreaders trying to confuse people” on the law.Approximately 30 people were in attendance at the July 2 NorthPoint ACA forum.Ellison held two separate forums on the ACA July 2, first with local small business owners at the Minneapolis Urban League’s Northside headquarters, then with community folk across the street at the NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center.The first was attended by around 20 business people, but none were Black business owners. “We certainly reached out,” said Ellison of this absence. “We have been in contact with a number of [Black businesses] already.”However, Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce (MBCC) President Lea Hargett last week told the MSR in a brief phone interview, “We [the Chamber] didn’t receive anything [on the Ellison event], but quite possibly some of our members may have received a notice.”She added that the MBCC a couple of months ago surveyed its membership for interest in learning more about the ACA. “Their primary comments were [that] they did not know how the changes would really directly affect their businesses,” Hargett pointed out. Continue Reading
OPINION | Obamacare is coming
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Arguments about health insurance rate shocks when Obamacare kicks in willfully disregard key facts behind the policy.
MNsure must use leverage for consumers
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While the new Minnesota health insurance exchange, called MNsure, starts enrolling in just five months, many short and long-term structural decisions have yet to be made. Continue Reading
What if Obamacare works?
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If you listen carefully in Washington, you can hear the tiny whooshing sound that dice make when they are up in the air. The difference is that when politicians throw them you hear a lot more bluster and babbling. Continue Reading