Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

healthcare

By

More Obamacare fallout as rates spike for small businesses and MNsure enrollees

The Star Tribune ran a front-page story this week about small business health premiums spiking as a result of Obamacare’s compliance mandates. The story should come as no surprise to anyone who read the Freedom Foundation’s exclusive report on this very issue last month, which analyzed small group insurance rates for plans that are being forced into compliance with Affordable Care Act mandates. …

[Read more...] about More Obamacare fallout as rates spike for small businesses and MNsure enrollees

By

Rate shock hits Minnesota's small group health insurance market

The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota released an analysis this week of small group health insurance in Minnesota, finding massive rate hikes for many small businesses and their employees that are being forced into compliance with the Affordable Care Act. Read the Freedom Foundation’s full report here. According to rates submitted by insurers and approved by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, …

[Read more...] about Rate shock hits Minnesota's small group health insurance market

By

Big Labor claims victory in unfair fight

The state announced in late August that labor union Service Employees International Union (SEIU) was victorious in the largest union election in state history. SEIU has won the right to "represent" Minnesota’s personal care assistants (PCAs), or home health workers. However, the arrangement still faces legal challenges, and rightly so, especially in light of questions about the integrity and …

[Read more...] about Big Labor claims victory in unfair fight