MN insurance

The state Legislature on Thursday overwhelmingly approved $326 million to be distributed among Minnesotans faced with hefty health insurance premium increases this year, sending the bill to Gov. Mark Dayton, who signed it. About 125,000 Minnesotans, facing premium spikes of 50 percent or higher, should now see their monthly insurance bills drop by 25 percent for all of 2017. This is the Republican controlled MN senate and house sending $2,600 of taxpayer money to each of the MNsure and Ucare clients. This money goes to people who buy their insurance on the exchange but make too much money to get free insurance. This means people who make more than $47,500 or $97,000 for a family of four.