Minnesota Medicaid shake-up to affect 311,000
The insurance company gave notice in a
It's another example of health insurance upheaval following months of discord in
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For decades,
More than 300,000
For the past several weeks,
Piper, however, argued that
Last month,
The cost component of UCare's bid was higher than those from the
Asked if UCare's bid was the better estimate of actual costs for public program enrollees -- and whether the winners "bought business" by bidding too low -- Piper defended the competitive bidding process, which she said is saving the state more than
"It's my obligation to act in the best interests of the people of
In an interview, Bartsh said
"We were certainly very aggressive in our bid, but we certainly weren't irresponsible in our bid," Bartsh said. "We would have been willing to continue to accept losses ... but the level of losses that we're seeing is driven more by the changes in the population than anything else."
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And it's the latest chapter in the long-running debate at the State Capitol about whether HMOs have made too much money from the public program business.
"Today's announcement ... represents another example where Minnesotans are left to scramble for care because insurers aren't making enough money," said Rep.
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