You can’t always believe everything you read on the internet. Minnesotans who buy their own insurance have until Jan. 13, 2019, to sign up. The posts on Facebook and other sites about enrollment ending Dec. 15, 2018, aren’t accurate for Minnesotans. The Dec. 15 deadline for Minnesotans is to have insurance that starts Jan. 1, […]

From Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, Minnesotans who buy their own health insurance can sign up for policies that start Jan. 1, 2019. If you wait until after Dec. 15, the policy doesn’t start until Feb. 1, 2019. This year about 155,000 Minnesotans bought their own insurance, either directly from a health insurer, through MNsure […]

“The Minnesota approach is working. Health care is still too expensive, but Minnesota is doing better than most states to keep a handle on rising insurance premiums for people who buy insurance on their own.”

Today the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Business Partnership released a toolkit to help employers fight opioids. Here’s the information. The toolkit includes information on five concrete actions employers can take to prevent and address drug among employees: Change the conversation around opioid use disorder and reduce stigma Promote safe use, storage and […]

A type of health insurance, short term limited duration, has been in the news a lot lately. Here’s what the Minnesota Department of Commerce has to say about buying those policies in Minnesota.

While people in other states are seeing double-digit requests for increases in health insurance premiums for 2019, Minnesotans aren’t.