Minnesota State Rep. Lueck Issues Statement on Lower Health Care Costs
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For the second consecutive year, House-led reforms have helped reduce or hold flat individual market health insurance rates after years of double-digit increases following the implementation of Obamacare in
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"Rising health insurance costs have put many family budgets in peril and it is encouraging to see the changes we made continue to produce results.
"The high cost of health insurance, especially in the individual insurance market, remains an issue for our families in the district. Repairing the extensive damage done by the federal government and the Dayton administration to
"I'm encouraged that for two straight years now our approach has brought some relief. More changes are needed, yet our approach is moving us in the right direction."
From 2014-2017, average rates increased by double digits every year, including nearly 60 percent for 2017. Thanks to reforms enacted in 2017, individual market rates for 2018 remained flat or were reduced for most Minnesotans on the individual market. The
The nationally recognized, Republican-led reforms were supported by just one Democrat in the
Final rates for the 2019 individual market are expected to be released in
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