MNsure
{{Short description|State health insurance marketplace for Minnesota}}
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = MNsure
|logo = MNsure logo.png
|formed = {{Start date|2013|03|21}}
|jurisdiction = Minnesota
|headquarters = Saint Paul, Minnesota
|website = {{URL|https://www.mnsure.org}}
}}
MNsure is the health insurance marketplace for the U.S. state of Minnesota. The exchange enables people and small businesses to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates. The current CEO is Libby Caulum.
Background
Health insurance exchanges were established as a part of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to enable individuals to purchase health insurance in state-run marketplaces.{{cite web
|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/231001432
|title=HHS Proposes Health Insurance Exchange Rules
|last=Lewis
|first=Nicole
|work=Information Week
|date=July 12, 2011
|accessdate=November 16, 2012
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714230134/http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/231001432
|archivedate=July 14, 2011
}} In this legislation, states could choose to establish their own health insurance exchanges; if they choose not to do so, the federal government would run one for the state.
History
On March 18, 2013, the Minnesota Legislature passed the Minnesota Insurance Marketplace Act establishing Minnesota's health insurance marketplace.{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/198886181.html | title=Insurance exchange bill clears final hurdle | work=Star Tribune | date=March 19, 2013 | accessdate=December 18, 2013 | author=Brooks, Jennifer | archive-date=December 19, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219030801/http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/198886181.html | url-status=live }} It was signed by Governor Mark Dayton two days later on March 20 in a signing ceremony.{{cite web | url=http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/199278341.html | title=Minnesota health insurance exchange becomes law | work=Star Tribune | date=March 21, 2013 | accessdate=December 18, 2013 | author=Brooks, Jennifer | archive-date=December 19, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219030804/http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/199278341.html | url-status=live }}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Portal|United States}}
- {{Official|https://www.mnsure.org/}}
{{PPACA}}
Category:2013 establishments in Minnesota
Category:Government of Minnesota