The new MNsure Board, which oversees Minnesota's health insurance exchange, meets for the first time today, to elect a chair and set a schedule for future meetings.
The 1 p.m. meeting, open to the public, will be in the conference room of the state Revenue Department, 600 Robert St., St. Paul.
The meeting, scheduled to run until 4:15 p.m., also will include an overview of the health exchange from April Todd-Malmlov, MNsure executive director.
MNsure is scheduled to begin enrollment in October for health care coverage beginning in 2014. It will enable consumers to compare health plans side by side, get access to federal tax credits for affordable coverage, and enroll in Medical Assistance.
Officials say an estimated 1.3 million Minnesotans are expected to access quality health coverage using MNsure by 2016.
Gov. Mark Dayton appointed the seven-member board last month. The members are:
- Thompson Aderinkomi, founder and CEO, RetraceHealth.
- Pete Benner, a consultant on health care, labor relations, and public policy, and former executive director of AFSCME Council 6,
- Brian Beutner, former CEO of mPay Gateway and former UnitedHealth Group executive.
- Kathryn Duevel, OBGYN, Affiliated Community Medical Care (retired).
- Tom Forsythe, vice president of global communications, General Mills.
- Lucinda Jesson, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Phil Norrgard, director of human services, Fond du Lac Reservation.