Quest to add MNsure health plan options comes up short
State regulators have come up empty on a last-ditch effort to recruit more health insurers to the MNsure exchange next year, particularly to sell coverage outside the Twin Cities metro area.
Last month, state officials asked potential insurers to specify waivers of state laws or rules that might allow them to newly offer coverage to residents buying insurance outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
No applicants surfaced as of Friday’s deadline. Two county-based groups that manage care for Medicaid enrollees in certain rural areas said they were interested, but couldn’t make the timeline work for 2017.
In a statement on Monday, the Minnesota Department of Health said it “will continue those discussions and explore those opportunities, even though it is unlikely that coverage options could come together for the upcoming enrollment period.”
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