Minnesota State Rep. Wills Issues Statement on Preliminary Individual Insurance Market Rates
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On Friday the
All five of the carriers on the individual market are projected to decrease premiums for 2019, with average preliminary rates dropping between 3% and 12.4%. The individual market serves Minnesotans who buy health insurance on their own, not through an employer or the government.
"Today's news is another positive sign that our reforms are working, helping to bring down health care costs and boost health care choices.
"I'm proud to have supported these nation-leading reforms that are fixing
"From 2014-2017, average rates increased by double digits every year, including nearly 60 percent for 2017. Thanks to Republican 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
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"Final rates for the 2019 individual market are expected to be released in
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