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MNsure failing to produce results
Quad Community Press ^ | 7-22-14 | Linda Runbeck

Posted on 07/23/2014 9:12:27 AM PDT by TurboZamboni

It’s been almost one year since Minnesota rolled out its state version of Obamacare, called MNsure. How is this experiment with government-run health care working? Let’s start with the basic fact that Minnesota’s health care is second to none. Before MNsure, close to 97 percent of Minnesotans had health insurance coverage or were eligible to procure it at very low or no cost. This was among the highest percentage of insured people in the nation. Some $160 million in taxpayer money has been spent to launch MNsure, and we are no better off today.

The state had two unique programs: one for low-income Minnesotans called Minnesota Care and one for those with pre-existing conditions that guaranteed coverage at below market prices called MCHA. Our state should have been hailed in Washington as the model. Instead, these programs are being dismantled. At $3,197 per commercial enrollee, Minnesota has one of the highest costs per enrollee for any Obamacare website in the country. Affordability for consumers is far from what was promised

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: aca; dayton; exchange; mn; obamacare; premiums

1 posted on 07/23/2014 9:12:28 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
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To: TurboZamboni

Marx will throw a tantrum!


2 posted on 07/23/2014 9:24:26 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please $upport Free Republic.)
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To: TurboZamboni
MNsure

I guess that stands for "Um not sure. . ."

3 posted on 07/23/2014 9:32:13 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: SamuraiScot

SURE to be a disaster.


4 posted on 07/23/2014 9:52:52 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: TurboZamboni
I'm sure the press will be all over this story and the Minneapolis Star Tribune will lead with this story on Sunday.

Or perhaps not...

5 posted on 07/23/2014 10:13:01 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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To: TurboZamboni

bkmk


6 posted on 07/23/2014 11:12:43 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Senator_Blutarski

RedStar 7 Tribune always reports the truth.... hey hey just joking.


7 posted on 07/23/2014 2:57:47 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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