Health exchange incentive for insurers added to Minnesota House bill (w/ live video)
After a more than $100 million investment to create a Minnesota health insurance exchange, a leading proponent worries insurers will snub it.
The success of health exchanges relies on having good choices for consumers, but state Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, said he’s nervous the selection will be lacking if too many insurers stay away.
“If nobody is coming in and shopping in our market because there just aren’t really any products in there to begin with — that’s my biggest fear,” Atkins said last week.
The health exchange in Minnesota reaches a key milestone this week with scheduled votes on legislation in the House on Monday, March 4, and the Senate on Thursday.
