New task force takes up potential MNsure changes

A new task force will take up some of the biggest potential changes to the state’s MNsure exchange after lawmakers this weekend couldn’t reach agreement on several competing proposals.

A massive spending bill for health and human services does not include House Republican plans to shift MinnesotaCare enrollees to the health exchange next year, nor does it include a Republican proposal to shut down MNsure in 2017.

DFLers in the Senate, meanwhile, didn’t get their wish for MNsure to become more of a traditional state government agency. The MNsure board of directors will retain its authority, including choice of MNsure’s top executive.

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