Tag: Minnesota health insurance

Health insurance enrollment deadline extended in Minnesota

Marc
Minnesota Health Insurance

Minnesota residents will have more time to enroll for insurance coverage Residents of Minnesota now have more time to ensure that their health insurance policies will be active at the beginning of 2016. The state’s insurance exchange, called MNsure, has managed to make health insurance coverage more accessible to thousands of consumers throughout the state. The open enrollment period will run until the end of January, 2016, but consumers must have active insurance on January 1 or they will face fines from the federal government. Consumers can enroll for coverage…

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Health insurance rates on the rise in Minnesota

Nordstrom
Minnesota Health Insurance Trump Administration Lawsuit

Minnesota consumers to see major increases in their insurance premiums Some consumers in Minnesota may see their health insurance premiums skyrocket next year. The state’s Commerce Department has announced that regulators have approved rate increases coming from some of the state’s largest insurance providers. According to the agency, rates for health coverage will rise by an average of 49% throughout Minnesota. The largest rate hikes will be coming from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Blue Cross Blue Shield intends to raise rates by an average of 49% According…

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300,000 Minnesotans affected by data breach targeted health insurance provider

S.Vagus
Minnesota Health Insurance

Vital information has been stolen from Anthem, which could affect consumers in a major way Approximately 300,000 residents of Minnesota have been affected by a massive data breach that struck major health insurance company Anthem, according to the state’s Commerce Department. Anthem has reported that the Social Security numbers of more than 200,000 consumers have been compromised, which could lead to identity theft and other issues. The health insurance company reported the data breach earlier this year, which compromised the information of many of its clients. The insurer has been…

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Minnesota Commerce Department releases information on health insurance exchange

S.Vagus
Minnesota Health Insurance Trump Administration Lawsuit

Agency releases information about policies that will be sold through the state’s insurance exchange The Minnesota Commerce Department has released early information concerning health insurance premiums for policies sold through the state’s exchange, called MNsure. Several insurers have submitted rate filings for policies they will be selling through the exchange, and the Commerce Department intends to provide consumers with information concerning these policies so people can make plans about purchasing coverage in the near future. The state’s insurance exchange will begin a new open enrollment period on November 15. Individual…

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Health care reform snapshot shows early view of MNsure 2015 premiums

G. Turner
America's health insurance plan

Minnesota is now getting ready to release this early view of what is to come in the market next year. The Minnesota Commerce Department is currently getting ready to release an early snapshot of what can be expected from the health care reforms in the state for next year, which will include the insurance premiums. This snapshot is designed to reveal the prices that will be seen on MNsure, the state insurance exchange. The data that this health care reform snapshot will provide will offer consumers in Minnesota an idea…

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