MNsure Leader Says Key Stats Yet To Come

People waiting for a scorecard on a key insurance enrollment measure under Minnesota's health care marketplace will have to wait for results. MNsure interim director Scott Leitz said Friday it will take officials time to say how many previously uninsured people have obtained coverage for the first time. Leitz says some statistics are being kept or gleaned from enrollment forms, but it's not known how many of the 400,000 previously uninsured Minnesotans have enrolled.

• Mar 28, 2014

MNsure Enrollment Tops 136,000, Exceeding Goal

Minnesota's new health care exchange celebrated a milestone Tuesday as officials announced they have exceeded their goal by enrolling over 136,700 Minnesotans in insurance plans with less than a week to go in the inaugural open enrollment period.

• Mar 25, 2014

EEOC Sues Minnesota Home Health Care Provider

A federal agency is suing a Minneapolis area home health care provider for allegedly discriminating against a former employee with a disability. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit Monday against Baywood Home Care.

• Mar 24, 2014

HealthPartners Alerts Customers Of 2008 Privacy Breach

HealthPartners is alerting some of its customers about a privacy breach that happened back in 2008. According to HealthPartners officials, information of some customers was compromised between 2008 and 2010 when an employee shared files with a family member in order to get help formatting them for reports.

• Mar 21, 2014

Minnesota Exchange Launches Push For Young Adults

Minnesota's new health insurance exchange is making a final push to sign up so-called "young invincibles" by a March 31 deadline for open enrollment. Exchange chief Scott Leitz on Thursday announced a series of events for the coming week aimed at young adults ages 26 to 34.

• Mar 20, 2014

'Things Are Going In The Wrong Direction': Obama Critic At Union Depot

President Barack Obama's speech Wednesday was open to the public, but there was a limited number of tickets available.

• Feb 26, 2014

Audit: Coordination Of Prison Health Care Needed

A state audit says health care services for the approximately 9,000 adult inmates in Minnesota prisons should be better coordinated and more accountable. Minnesota has one of the lowest inmate mortality rates in the nation.

• Feb 21, 2014

MNsure Enrollment Grows, But Private Plans Lag

Insurance signups through Minnesota's health care marketplace continued to grow into February to more than 90,000 people, but enrollment continues to be weighted more toward public plans over private insurance.

• Feb 5, 2014

New Health Coverage Now In Effect In Minn.

More than 50,000 Minnesotans, many who endured long wait times and other glitches with the state's overburdened health insurance exchange, finally had coverage in place Thursday. What was less clear was how many people who wanted coverage failed to get it.

• Jan 2, 2014

Health Plan Scramble Crams Minn. Agency Helpline

A late scramble to finalize health coverage before the new year crammed the call center Tuesday at Minnesota's insurance marketplace, which is still working to repair problems with its centerpiece online portal.

• Dec 31, 2013

Deadline Nears For Minn. Health Plan Sign-Ups

Just two shopping days left for Minnesota health insurance shoppers who expect to have coverage as the new year starts. Tuesday is the final day to enroll for a plan through the state's health insurance exchange, known as MNsure.

• Dec 30, 2013

Deadline Extended For Health Insurance Sign-Up

The deadline to sign up for insurance on the government's health care website arrived Tuesday, a day later than expected after the Obama administration granted those waiting until the last minute — or those tripped up by the site's glitches — an extra day to enroll.

• Dec 24, 2013

Last-Minute Insurance Shoppers Given Grace Period

Anticipating heavy traffic on the government's health care website, the Obama administration effectively extended Monday's deadline for signing up for insurance by a day, giving people in 36 states more time to select a plan.

• Dec 23, 2013

MNsure Signups Grow From Oct. To Nov., But Glitches Continue

The pace of signups for health insurance through MNsure increased by nearly 50 percent from its first month to its second, according to figures released Wednesday. With the Jan. 1 start of coverage under the federal health law now less than a month away, MNsure officials said 24,586 individual Minnesotans have completed the enrollment process.

• Dec 4, 2013

Minn. Cub Foods Stores Offering MNsure Information

Minnesota's health insurance exchange is teaming up with grocery store chain Cub Foods to spread the word about enrolling in insurance coverage. Shoppers at Cub's dozens of Minnesota locations will find consumer brochures and fact sheets for MNsure in store pharmacies.

• Nov 23, 2013

Minn. Gets Federal OK For $58M To Aid Vulnerable

Minnesota has received approval from the federal government to direct $58 million over four years into services meant to help senior citizens and people with disabilities in their homes.

• Nov 20, 2013

Reality Check: Gov's Decision To Continue MNsure Enrollment

Minnesota has rejected President Obama's offer to delay some canceled insurance policies for a year under the new health law. The President was trying to make good on a promise that "if you like your policy, you can keep it." Now, millions are finding themselves in limbo, including here in Minnesota.

• Nov 19, 2013

Dayton: Obama Did Right Thing On Insurance Plans

Gov. Mark Dayton says he believes President Barack Obama made the right decision by letting insurance companies continue to offer consumers health plans that were set to be canceled under federal health care changes.

• Nov 14, 2013

Minn. Caregivers For Disabled, Elderly Seek Boost

Caregivers for the elderly and disabled got a head start Tuesday on lobbying Minnesota lawmakers to approve a 5 percent rate increase for home and community based services, using a rally attended by hundreds and presided over by supportive legislators.

• Nov 12, 2013

Audit: Numerous Factors Aided MNsure Data Breach

Minnesota's legislative auditor says leaders of the state's new health insurance exchange could have done more to prevent the disclosure of Social Security numbers of about 1,600 insurance agents.

• Nov 7, 2013

Insured Minnesotans Feel Like They're Losing Out

Nearly 280,000 Minnesotans who pay for their own insurance will receive a letter from their health care provider detailing some small and some large changes to their plans.

• Oct 31, 2013

Franken: Fed Health Care Site Getting Better

Sen. Al Franken says it's too early to extend the signup period for insurance under the federal health overhaul.

• Oct 24, 2013

Who Is The Woman On The Health Care Site?

The healthcare reform stories of the past few weeks have turned one woman into the face of the debate. You've probably seen the woman on the front page of the website HealthCare.gov.

• Oct 24, 2013

Prison Health Care Provider Defends Services

The national company that has been replaced as the health care provider to Minnesota's 9,000 prison inmates is defending its services. Corizon Health says the state Department of Corrections has thanked the company for "exceptional service over the last 16 years." DOC severed ties with Corizon following staff complaints of substandard care and legal action against the company. Corizon was replaced by St. Louis-based Centurion Managed Care, a Fortune 500 health care company that manages medical care under public contracts in several states.

• Oct 18, 2013

MNsure Reaches More Than 10,000 Accounts

MNsure's executive director, April Todd-Malmlov, says more than 10,000 Minnesotans have opened accounts in the first 10 days of the exchange's operation, including about 300 opened by small-business owners.

• Oct 11, 2013

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