Health Insurance

Dayton Affirms Plans For Health Insurance Exchange

Gov. Mark Dayton has reiterated his intention to continue developing a health insurance exchange for Minnesota.

2012/07/10

Minn. Aims For Buyer-Friendly Health Marketplace

Minnesota officials are pushing to develop an online health insurance marketplace as they hurry to implement the federal health care overhaul.

2012/06/29

Minnesota Care Computer Glitch, Now Fixed

The computer glitch that erroneously sent out cancellation notices to more than 5,500 recipients of Minnesota Care is fixed.

2012/06/13

UnitedHealth Board OKs Quarterly Dividend Raise

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group says it is raising its quarterly dividend by 30 percent.

2012/06/06

Insurer UnitedHealth’s 1Q Profit Climbs 3 Percent

UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s first-quarter net income rose 3 percent as enrollment and revenue gains countered an increase in operating costs, and the health insurer raised its 2012 earnings forecast.

2012/04/19

Minn. Recoups Millions From HMOs Over Public Care

Minnesota will get more than $35 million from four health plans that voluntarily agreed to cap profits from care provided to people in public programs. The federal government is in line for a similar rebate.

2012/04/03

Feds Investigate Minnesota’s Handling Of Medicaid

The federal government is investigating how Minnesota administers Medicaid health coverage for poor people, but few details are available on the nature of the inquiry.

2012/02/15

Study: Number Of Uninsured Kids In MN Up

Even with more children living in poverty because of the rough economy, the number of children without health insurance in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years, according to a report released Tuesday by Georgetown University.

2011/11/29

Battle Brews In Minn. Over Health Care Exchanges

A battle is brewing over whether Minnesota can choose to design and run a pillar of the federal health care overhaul or must cede control to Washington.

2011/10/03

UnitedHealth To Market Discounted Hearing Aids

UnitedHealth Group of Minnetonka plans to market discounted hearing aids to consumers, even non-subscribers.

2011/10/03

Minn. Lawmakers Question Health Insurance Exchange

Republican lawmakers are questioning Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s authority to move ahead with a state health insurance exchange using federal dollars.

2011/08/16

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Minn. Rally Shows GOP Rift On Health Exchange Bill

A rift among Republicans over a piece of the federal health care overhaul was showing Thursday at a Capitol rally.

2011/05/12

UnitedHealth’s 1Q Profit Climbs 13 Percent

UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s first-quarter earnings rose 13 percent and trumped Wall Street expectations as the health insurer reversed last year’s enrollment losses and benefited from slower increases in health care use.

2011/04/21

UnitedHealth CEO Compensation Grows 21 Pct In 2010

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group’s earnings rose 21 percent last year and so did the compensation it gave CEO Stephen Hemsley.

2011/04/13

State Eyes HMO Reserves To Help Balance Budget

Minnesota’s health maintenance organizations are enjoying surging profits from managing three state health insurance programs, and that has attracted the attention of officials looking for cash to balance the state’s budget.

2011/03/21

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