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Main Minnesota insurer leaves the ACA exchange

Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:15 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69499 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:15 pm
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The "Blue Ox" of Minnesota Obamacare is calling it quits.

PreferredOne, the insurer that sold nearly 60 percent of all private health plans on Minnesota's Obamacare exchange, on Tuesday said it would leave that marketplace. PreferredOne's plans were the lowest-cost options on that exchange, known as MNSure.

PreferredOne cited the costs of doing business on MNSure as the reason for its surprising decision, saying that selling plans is "not administratively and financially sustainable going forward," according to KSTP.com, the website of that Minnesota TV News network.


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Not much of a surprise. Minnesota reported some of the lowest premiums in the nation and proponents of the ACA held it up as proof that the exchanges could lower healthcare premiums. Of course, it would appear as though PreferredOne not only priced their plans too low, they're finding the people who signed up via the exchange (often with expensive pre-existing conditions) are not profitable to insure.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 5:18 pm
Posted by roguetiger15
Member since Jan 2013
16222 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:16 pm to
what a dump pile
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
80383 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:24 pm to
quote:

PreferredOne, the insurer that sold nearly 60 percent of all private health plans on Minnesota's Obamacare exchange, on Tuesday said it would leave that marketplace


Why would they leave the exchange? Why not just raise prices and remain

Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41306 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:27 pm to
State law in Minnesota doesn't allow them to cancel plans for atleast one year.

But they can raise the deductibles to 50 grand.
Posted by 90proofprofessional
Member since Mar 2004
24445 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:30 pm to
Haven't kept up with the rollout saga lately, but this quote looks bad:
quote:

"Our MNsure individual product membership is only a small percentage of the entire PreferredOne enrollment but is taking a significant amount of our resources to support administratively," a company statement obtained by KSTP said.

Hope nobody who had those plans liked them.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
18182 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:33 pm to
Evidently, PreferredOne's lifetime was limited.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:39 pm to
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
Throbbing Member
Member since Dec 2012
69967 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:42 pm to
Where is Rex, Draconian Sanctions, Vegas Bengal, EthanL, and SpidermanTUba to explain this shite?

They said this couldn't happen, now WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY?


Admins, if none of these traitorous sons of bitches show up to explain themselves within the next 30 minutes, I recommend permanent banishment and castration effective immediately.

Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
40262 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:48 pm to
is there where we move forward?
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
18182 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 6:13 pm to
This news is an ersatz "death panel" for Al Franken.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 6:25 pm to
The insurance companies backing out and not playing ball is just part of the plan. That's when we get single payor.
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