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In one year, 17,000 Minnesotans left the Affordable Care Act marketplace

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By Matthew Blake Verified
| Civic Media
When the state of Minnesota announced last fall that monthly premiums on MNsure, the state’s healthcare exchange borne out of the Affordable Care Act, would skyrocket 57%, state officials and healthcare advocates warned that an untold number of Minnesotans could no longer afford their insurance. At a board meeting last week, MNsure officials released the toll so far: There were 125,714 effectuated enrollments as of May, a 12% decline compared to May 2025, when there were 142,977 such enrollees.
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In one year, 17,000 Minnesotans left the Affordable Care Act marketplace

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By Matthew Blake Verified
| MinnPost Verified
When the state of Minnesota announced last fall that monthly premiums on MNsure, the state’s healthcare exchange borne out of the Affordable Care Act, would skyrocket 57%, state officials and healthcare advocates warned that an untold number of Minnesotans could no longer afford their insurance. At a board meeting last week, MNsure officials released the toll so far: There were 125,714 effectuated enrollments as of May, a 12% decline compared to May 2025, when there were 142,977 such enrollees.
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Who’s that knocking at your door? A politician.

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By Matthew Blake Verified
| MinnPost Verified
This post comes from our Capitol Conversations newsletter. Sign up here to get Matthew Blake’s takes on the latest Minnesota state government news, delivered to your inbox Thursday mornings. Dear Minnesotans, When Robert Redford died last September, I rewatched “All the President’s Men,” which, for those not as into 1970s movies as I am, is the true story of Bob Woodward (played by Redford) and Carl Bernstein (played by Dustin Hoffman) as Washington Post reporters breaking the Watergate scandal.
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