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Senate Approves Health Insurance Premium Relief Plan
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January 13, 2017
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2:44:29Now PlayingOn a 35 to 31 vote, the Minnesota Senate gave its final approval to SF 1, the proposed 2017 Health Care Emergency Aid and Access Act. The measure, sponsored by Senator Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, would provide health insurance premium relief to individuals facing rising costs and ineligible for federal assistance. The bill also establishes several reform measures.
The plan would cost about $300 million dollars. For the first three months, all individuals would qualify for a 25 percent premium reduction. For the remainder of 2017, individuals earning less than $95,040 and families with household incomes below $194,400 would continue receiving a discounted premium based upon their income.
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The measure also designates funds to allow patients engaged in treatment to continue receiving their same care. Other reform efforts would allow for-profit HMO's to enter the individual market and ease ways for small businesses to offer affordable insurance plans.
Senate DFL members argued that action on health care reform measures should occur independently of the premium rebate plan. They defended Governor Dayton's position that the Republican plan would be costly to administer and would delay reductions for several months.
Republican legislators, including Benson, said that the state should not spend $300 million dollars without enacting reform measures.
The bill was sent to the House of Representatives.
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