Outlook for Minnesota's health exchange: It will come down to negotiations later
The stage is set for lawmakers’ final negotiations to shape Minnesota’s landmark health insurance exchange.The state House passed the exchange legislation Monday night along roughly party lines, teeing...
View ArticleMinnesota Senate passes health insurance exchange bill after 12-hour debate
After 12 hours of debate and 150 amendments to consider, the Minnesota Senate passed a health insurance exchange bill Thursday night.The legislation passed nearly on a party line vote, with one DFLer,...
View ArticleThis is Minnesota’s moment to remain a leader in health care reform
Minnesota Budget Bites Change is coming. Starting October 1, 2013, more than one million Minnesotans will have the opportunity to enroll in health insurance through a new Exchange. The Exchange, a key...
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Supporters celebrate as Gov. Dayton signs ‘MNsure’ health exchange into law
DFL lawmakers and health insurance exchange supporters celebrated “MNsure” — the exchange’s official brand — as Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday signed the measure into law.Lawmakers have now handed off...
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Gov. Mark Dayton signs health exchange bill, establishing MNsure
On Wednesday, Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill establishing a Minnesota-based health insurance exchange, part of the state's compliance with the Affordable Care Act. At the press conference following...
View ArticleBachmann: Obamacare 'literally kills' women and children
WASHINGTON — Just hours after the House voted again to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Michele Bachmann said the law “literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens.”Bachmann joined...
View ArticleSenators attach device tax repeal to budget bill
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to a budget resolution Thursday night repealing the Affordable Care Act tax on medical device manufacturers.The Senate voted 79-20 to repeal the 2.3...
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Paulsen says device tax 'onerous'— Industry? Not so much
mnpACT! Progressive Political Blog Rep. Erik PaulsenWord of the day: OnerousONEROUS (DEFINITION): Unreasonable, oppressive, or cruel, or excessively trying condition, duty, or task whose disadvantages...
View ArticleHouse passes Bachmann's 'Obamacare' repeal bill
The U.S. House voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Thursday night, its 37th vote to defund or dismantle the law, or portions of it, since Republicans took control of the House in 2011.U.S. Rep....
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Why did GOP try repealing 'Obamacare' again?
WASHINGTON — The House passed a repeal of the Affordable Care Act on Thursday night, at once a crowning achievement for House conservatives like Michele Bachmann, who sponsored the bill, and somewhat...
View ArticleCourt to hear case on whether Obamacare violates religious liberties
A federal appeals court in Denver is set to hear argument on Thursday in a lawsuit charging that the Obama administration’s requirement that employers provide contraceptive services in all mandated...
View ArticleObamacare: It's not news when the train doesn't wreck
Brick City Blog With the central element of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — the health care exchanges – slated to go online in October, there’s been a lot of concern about how these exchanges will be...
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9 Minnesota health insurers apply to sell on MNSure exchange
Friday marked the deadline for health care insurers to submit for state approval their plans to sell insurance through the public exchange called MNSure.While the complete list of companies that...
View ArticleMN Blog Cabin Roundup, 5/31
Justice Paul Anderson – He saw tomorrow’s Americafrom Governor Arne Carlson's BlogPaul Anderson’s legal career was exemplified by his commitment to his favorite phrase “majesty of law”. He saw the...
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Decoding the language of health-care financing: a primer
After what seemed like a short hiatus, health-care stories are creeping back into the news, with numerous (and often contradictory) claims: The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) will stop small...
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NFL's help sought on promoting health-insurance coverage
CC/Flickr/CBP PhotographyThe NFL and other professional sports organizations such as the National Basketball League and Major League Soccer are obvious places for the federal government to target young...
View ArticleJudge bars Obamacare contraceptive requirement for a Christian-owned business
A federal judge in Oklahoma issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Obama administration from enforcing its contraceptive mandate against the craft chain store Hobby Lobby.The action by US...
View ArticleObamacare and the myth of rate shock
Arguments about health-insurance rate shocks when the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) kicks in willfully disregard key facts behind the policy.Claims regarding rate shock are based on the premise that...
View ArticleObamacare to slash premiums in New York. Was Obama right all along?
One of the centerpieces of Obamacare bloomed Wednesday when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced the new state-run insurance exchange would cut costs by more than half. State regulators have just...
View ArticleState officials request early release of health plan prices
Two state departments are asking health plans that will offer coverage through MNsure, Minnesota's health insurance exchange, to file prices for their plans a month earlier than previously required.The...
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