Getting care
The Minnesota Council of Health Plans has worked for more than 30 years to improve care for everyone. We work with local health insurance companies that serve communities, not Wall Street shareholders, to make sure Minnesotans get the care they need, today and in the future.
Paying for prescription drugs
Even if you don’t need prescription drugs you’re paying for them in your premiums each month. And those drugs are getting more and more expensive. Why and what can we do about it? You’ll find a lot more information here.
Diabetes medication unaffordable for many today
The price of insulin — a lifesaving drug — has increased more 240 percent over the past decade. That means prices have jumped from $90 to often more than $300 a vial. Listen to what U of M pharmacy school professor Angie Carlson, Ph.D., has to say about insulin. Carlson sat down with Council staff to talk about stories like this one about a man from Minneapolis who died because he needed insulin, and share her 40 years of experience in the industry. Carlson’s question is how long should people have to pay for improvements that have been available for 30 years. Minnesota’s Attorney General is suing drug companies for pricing insulin out of reach for many patients.
What's happened with insulin?
Council Work
Statement on budget proposals from Gov. Walz
Significant health insurance proposals by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz recognize the fact that there is a lot of work to do to help make sure Minnesotans get the care they need now and in the future.
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Star Tribune Commentary
Minnesota’s reinsurance program should be renewed
It lowers premiums for people who buy their own insurance and requires no new money.
Interesting National Stories
Marketers are having a field day’: Patients stuck in corporate fight against generic drugs
Jan. 9, 2019
Health-care and government officials are growing concerned that the makers of the most advanced drug therapies are using scare tactics to ward off emerging generic versions of their products, a bid to protect profits that has enormous implications for the nation’s efforts to control health-care costs.
Get Care
Lost your insurance card? No problem. Want to find out how much you’ll pay or compare prices for care you need? Can you get care online? Wondering how the quality of the care you get is measured?
It’s all here.
Get Insurance
Insurance helps you pay medical bills, everything from the entire bill for preventive care that helps keep you well to helping pay for prescriptions and care when you need it. Insurance companies also do a lot of work behind the scenes to help you be well and ensure you get good care.
Understand Insurance
We all need care—not only medical care when we’re sick or injured—but also preventive care to keep us well. Health insurance is how we join together to pay for care because it’s too expensive to pay for on our own.
From the Council’s Members
What Our Members Are Talking About
This advice from our pediatrician = parenting gold. 🙌🙌
How to prepare your young child for differences, and teach them to embrace diversity
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Pediatrician says there are 3 keys to fostering the values of acceptance and inclusion in your family
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Originally from Somalia, Hawa is providing a much-needed bridge that’s advancing health equity in Minnesota
All hospitals should be required to have a combination urgent care and emergency room like West Health has. When you check in the nurse at the front desk decides which you need to see.
Q&A: Good Samaritan Society's David Horazdovsky, Randy Bury - Sanford Health News
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Good Samaritan leaders Dave Horazdovsky and Randy Bury talk about their backgrounds and how their new roles fit into the partnership with Sanford Health.
