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.
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 News
Nesse named president, CEO
Lucas Nesse has been named president and chief executive officer of the Council. He comes to the Council from the Minnesota Business Partnership.
News Coverage
2019
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Star Tribune
Flight from health insurance market in Minnesota slows
The state’s individual health insurance market got even smaller last year, according to a new state report, but the annual rate of decline slowed significantly.
Interesting National Stories
Medicare-for-All Would Eliminate Most or All of Medicaid, But No One Is Talking About It
Drew Altman from the Kaiser Family Foundation looks beyond headlines to find out what the idea would mean for the other ways people get help paying medical bills and the people who provide the care. Here are his questions about Medicare-For-All.
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
Congrats Andrea! So honored to work with someone with such an amazing heart and passion!
Way to go Andrea!! Congratulations!🍾🎉
Congratulations Dr. Singh!
Congratulations Dr. Singh!
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Walz wants to make MN nicer for the elderly. He announces Age Friendly council.
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Minnesota soon will have more residents over 65 than under 18, and Gov. Tim Walz wants to make the state a more welcoming place for older people to live. The Democratic governor on Wednesday announ…In Texas, to make things easier on seniors who own their home, they can fill out one side of a piece of paper and quit paying property tax for as long as they live there. The back taxes accumulate at 5% interest but they get to spend the money they would have sent to the government. Their kids get a little less inheritance but the home owner gets money for meds, doctors or - vacations if they are healthy. I filled out their form and get to go on a Danube River Cruise instead of feeding the government beast!
Just what we need - more councils and committees.
Taxing Timmy is a moron.
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Bismarck 2nd graders revel in holiday fun, photos, cheer
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Sanford Health shared some holiday cheer with local Bismarck students this holiday season. They had a special “holiday field trip” for second-grade students who attend Jeannette Myhre and Dorothy ...
That’s awesome !! She loves to bake for you guys 😄
Very special.
Was an awesome meal! Thank you!
I m glad you invited all employees even contractor.... i am working in IT industry from last 14 years and last 7 years in usa as a contractors for big firms like lowes in north carilona .. nordstrom in seattle and Aimia in minneapolis nad then ucare but i was surprised that ucare seriosuly care for contractors also and they include them in everything .. the true spirit of no descrimination is in ucare .. however i didnot like food since many of us are Indians and food was mostly prepared with american concept ..i only eat breadabd pasta ..
Let's all pledge to be "helpers". #PlayItForward
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What psychological research says about the positive side of human nature | MinnPost
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The article in BPS Research Digest, a blog that summarizes the latest research on the brain and behavior, is a follow-up to one published last year on the 10 psychological findings that reveal the wor...