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MNsure's low premiums mean many Minnesotans won't qualify for tax credits
Pioneer Press ^ | 11-7-13 | Chrissy Snowbeck

Posted on 11/07/2013 9:33:16 AM PST by TurboZamboni

Health insurance premiums for 2014 are so low in many parts of Minnesota that some consumers aren't qualifying for tax credits through the state's new health insurance exchange. Access to tax credits has been widely cited as a key reason for shopping on MNsure -- the new government-run health insurance website -- so some consumers have been confused by the vanishing subsidies, April Todd-Malmlov, the MNsure executive director, said during a board meeting Wednesday in St. Paul. Paraphrasing a common question asked at MNsure's call center, Todd-Malmlov said: "I think there's something wrong with the system -- I'm supposed to be getting a tax credit, but I'm getting a zero."

(Excerpt) Read more at twincities.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: abortion; deathpanels; exchange; exchanges; healthcare; medicaid; minnesota; mn; mnsure; obamacare; obamacarepremiums; zerocare
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To: kabar
yes it is a very bad set of plans.. i have already decide if i get dumped off of my employer plan i will not participate. go without
21 posted on 11/07/2013 10:19:35 AM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: TurboZamboni

I just read the article at link and cant see where it says the Minnesotans pay more for anything.

Am I just missing it?


22 posted on 11/07/2013 10:21:19 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOP warnings')
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To: LachlanMinnesota

My cousin in Ca is more or less in the same boat. She can receive subsidies that bring her premium down to $1 per month but the $5k deductible and copays are totally unaffordable for her. So she will have insurance that she never uses and the ins co will get paid by us (subsidies) for a policy they will never pay out on.
She goes to a free clinic now.


23 posted on 11/07/2013 10:26:38 AM PST by sheana
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To: TurboZamboni
Went through healthcare.gov, didn't even set up an account. It pushed me over to the MNSure.org site.

After going through the Plan Advisor(sic), it came back telling me there were "no products available".

Have already gotten a letter from my employer stating that our insurance meets the new Federal minimums and we won't be losing coverage.

24 posted on 11/07/2013 10:56:23 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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25 posted on 11/07/2013 11:16:17 AM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: markman46

And by forcing more people into Medicaid, the taxpayer is picking up the costs.


26 posted on 11/07/2013 11:47:00 AM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

yep in fact that is where most of the signup’s are going to medicaid.. it will be a boon to all the Calif medical groups/healthplans but bad for the general pop


27 posted on 11/07/2013 11:53:01 AM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: kabar

read this article

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/282875/


28 posted on 11/07/2013 11:55:43 AM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: markman46
Thanks for the article. A puff piece for Obamacare, but I found this interesting:

One thing that’s not clear is whether MNsure is achieving the original goal of insuring the uninsured. That’s not immediately clear because MNsure isn’t asking about previous coverage, executive director April Todd-Malmlov said on Wednesday.

The main selling point of Obamacare is that we will cover the uninsured even if it means destroying the system that ensured 85% of the population, most of whom were happy with their plans.

29 posted on 11/07/2013 12:57:58 PM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

HA HA made ya look...

;)


30 posted on 11/07/2013 5:52:25 PM PST by Principled
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