During the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Session Priorities meeting in St. Paul on Tuesday, the group’s health care policy expert Kate Johansen told members that the exchange adoption is an important issue because 80 percent of Minnesota Chamber members would be able to shop on it.
Johansen lamented that the exchange’s association with the health reform Congress passed in 2010 has gotten it labeled as “Obamacare,” creating a “very challenging” political environment when it comes to Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, reaching an agreement over an exchange with the Republican –led state Legislature.
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Dayton has had the state developing an exchange through executive order. But Johansen said some aspects, from a governance structure for the exchange to possible funding, need support from the Legislature.
That leaves Minnesota within a group of 22 states that are still in the “studying options” when it comes to exchanges.
http://finance-commerce.com/bizcost/2012/01/minnesota-behind-on-setting-up-insurance-exchange/
Hat tip: Finance and Commerce/The Co$t of Doing Business/Chris Newmarker
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