{"id":1849,"date":"2016-02-02T10:11:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2016-02-02T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:11:59","slug":"n-y-minn-opt-for-low-cost-plans-to-help-some-residents-afford-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=1849","title":{"rendered":"N.Y., Minn. Opt For Low-Cost Plans To Help Some Residents Afford Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By &#8211; Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>In January, more than 350,000 lower income New Yorkers began paying $20 a month or less <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/press\/releases\/2016\/2016-01-25_nysoh_open_enrollment_reminder.htm\" target=\"_blank\">for comprehensive health insurance with no deductibles<\/a> and low copayments, under a federal health law program.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnsure.org\/images\/bd-2016-01-13-deck.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota has similar coverage<\/a> in place through the same program, with more than 125,000 enrollees.<\/p>\n<p>The two states are using a provision of the health law to create a \u201cbasic health program.\u201d\u00a0 And even though the coverage is significantly more affordable than the alternative \u2014 subsidized marketplace plans \u2014 health policy experts say it\u2019s unlikely other states will follow suit. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/n-y-minn-opt-for-low-cost-plans-to-help-some-residents-afford-coverage\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=25826398&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9BV1skK4N6ZdiChQr8BozxyjTmAFEUwejNOudpPh0euRIBHDzvumMdTTzWMElS2IfOaJiARiNnD2Zu13_XojsXk_rOCw&amp;_hsmi=25826398\" target=\"_blank\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-899 \" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-300x156.png\" alt=\"khn-logo1\" width=\"92\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1-390x205.png 390w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/khn-logo1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By &#8211; Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News) In January, more than 350,000 lower income New Yorkers began paying $20 a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1851,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions\/1851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}