Minnesota’s Medicaid program to block for-profit insurers from participation

Healthcare DIVE May 29, 2024
Rebecca Pifer

The ban initially only affects UnitedHealthcare, which is the only for-profit managed care organization with a Medicaid contract in the state.

Dive Brief:

• Minnesota will no longer allow for-profit health insurers to participate in its Medicaid program starting in 2025, under a provision in an omnibus bill signed into law last week.
• The ban will only immediately affect UnitedHealthcare, which is the sole for-profit managed care organization with a Medicaid contract in the state.
• Minnesota Medicaid covers roughly 1.1 million people, with UnitedHealthcare covering more than 31,000 of that population.

Dive Insight:

The legislation restricts Medicaid contracts to nonprofit entities, restoring Minnesota’s four-decade-long ban that was briefly overturned in 2017 by the state’s then-Republican legislature. Before the 2017...

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