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.
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2012/January/31/states-minnesota-exchange.aspx
Hat tip: Kaiser Health News (with links)
Sen. David Hann, the Republican voice of health insurance, disputes that Republicans ever supported something that looks like a health care exchange.He also disputes that Republicans ever were sincerely invited to join the governor’s task force to come up with an exchange. And he disputes that Gov. Mark Dayton or DFLers are serious in an attempt to pass an exchange program through this legislative session.
http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda/2012/01/30/34711/gop_response_sen_hann_disputes_daytondfls_health_exchange_plan
Hat tip: Minn Post
Governor Mark Dayton today stood with a broad coalition of consumers, businesses, insurers, and health care experts as they announced their recommendations to guide the development of aMinnesota-made health insurance exchange.
http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=327928
Hat tip: Insurance News
http://www.liveinsurancenews.com/minnesota-lawmakers-clash-over-recommendations-from-health-insurance-exchange-advisory-task-force/857782/
Hat tip: Live Insurance News
The debate over a key part of the federal health care overhaul heats up again at the state capitol. GOP Sen. David W. Hann opposes the health care law and will hold a committee hearing Tuesday morning to discuss insurance exchanges.
Hat tip: Minnesota Public Radio
A health insurance exchange advisory task force handed its recommendations to DFL Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday, stressing the need to find a Minnesota solution in establishing a state insurance exchange.
But the recommendations were drawn without Republican input, the governor explained. “They declined to participate (in the task force),” Dayton said.
http://hometownsource.com/2012/01/30/health-insurance-exchange-recommendations-spark-spat/
Hat tip: Hometown Source
Hat tip: Hometown Source
Hat tip: Finance and Commerce/The Co$t of Doing Business/Chris Newmarker
Some Minnesota officials say the race is on to beat the federal government in setting up a marketplace to buy health insurance.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/221439/
Hat tip: Duluth News Tribune
Two DFL legislators on Monday fired the first salvo in the partisan war to shape how upwards of 1 million Minnesotans buy health insurance by 2014.
Within a week, said Sen. Tony Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, and Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, they will offer bills to establish a federally mandated "health care exchange," essentially an online marketplace where individuals, families and small businesses can shop for appropriate insurance coverage.
A few hours later, a chief critic of the concept, Sen. David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, said he and others soon will offer bills to limit what an exchange might do.
Not only are there dueling legislators. Their work is fueled by competing task forces, at work since last fall.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/138368579.html
Hat tip: Star Tribune
Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights) said he expects to introduce a bill later this week or early next week that would put Minnesota on a path to developing its own Internet-based health care marketplace for the uninsured, before a federal exchange program would take its place.
Atkins serves on the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force, which released its list of recommendations about how the exchange should work.
Among the recommendations are:
-keeping a level playing field between marketplaces inside and outside the exchange;
-structuring provisions to encourage innovation and competition;
-stimulating participation by small employers;
-pursuing a state-level risk adjustment model; and
to closely follow the risk pools and premium variables.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2012/01/31/health-care-exchange-recommendations-released
Hat tip: Twin Cities Daily Planet
Some Minnesota officials say the race is on to beat the federal government in setting up a marketplace to buy health insurance.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/221439/
Hat tip: Duluth News Tribune
Two DFL legislators on Monday fired the first salvo in the partisan war to shape how upwards of 1 million Minnesotans buy health insurance by 2014.
Within a week, said Sen. Tony Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, and Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, they will offer bills to establish a federally mandated "health care exchange," essentially an online marketplace where individuals, families and small businesses can shop for appropriate insurance coverage.
A few hours later, a chief critic of the concept, Sen. David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, said he and others soon will offer bills to limit what an exchange might do.
Not only are there dueling legislators. Their work is fueled by competing task forces, at work since last fall.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/138368579.html
Hat tip: Star Tribune
Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights) said he expects to introduce a bill later this week or early next week that would put Minnesota on a path to developing its own Internet-based health care marketplace for the uninsured, before a federal exchange program would take its place.
Atkins serves on the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force, which released its list of recommendations about how the exchange should work.
Among the recommendations are:
-keeping a level playing field between marketplaces inside and outside the exchange;
-structuring provisions to encourage innovation and competition;
-stimulating participation by small employers;
-pursuing a state-level risk adjustment model; and
to closely follow the risk pools and premium variables.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2012/01/31/health-care-exchange-recommendations-released
Hat tip: Twin Cities Daily Planet
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