{"id":3337,"date":"2016-06-27T07:40:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2016-06-27T07:40:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T11:40:08","slug":"minnesotas-largest-health-insurer-to-drop-individual-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3337","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota\u2019s Largest Health Insurer To Drop Individual Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota will retreat from the sale of health plans to individuals and families in the state starting next year. The insurer, Minnesota\u2019s largest, said extraordinary financial losses drove the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on current medical claim trends, Blue Cross is projecting a total loss of more than $500 million in the individual [health plan] segment over three years,\u201d the insurer said in an emailed statement. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/minnesotas-largest-health-insurer-to-drop-individual-plans\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=31017681&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_8JoxQA7ivNGV-m2k_PJKp-EBtOb2i7FnjAJddhNcHpaq41oSkCpWcPCuQs3jEt4oFnk5J7b4n8397eW970Ls8Hh8E2w&amp;_hsmi=31017681\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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