{"id":94042,"date":"2013-10-28T14:44:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T18:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/in-rochester-squeezed-by-health-care-costs.php"},"modified":"2013-10-28T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T18:44:30","slug":"in-rochester-squeezed-by-health-care-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/health-care\/in-rochester-squeezed-by-health-care-costs.php","title":{"rendered":"In Rochester, squeezed by health care costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>by Elizabeth  Baier, Minnesota Public Radio  <\/p>\n<p>    October 28, 2013  <\/p>\n<p>            Audio player code:            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"minnesota_news_features_2013_10_28_131028_mprnews_mayo_20131028_64s_player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"319\" height=\"83\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/www_publicradio\/tools\/media_player\/syndicate.php?name=minnesota\/news\/features\/2013\/10\/28\/131028_mprnews_mayo_20131028_64\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>          <\/p>\n<p>    ROCHESTER, Minn.  When    insurance companies decide where to sell health plans, they    look closely at what it will cost them. And in Rochester,    health care is more expensive than anywhere else in Minnesota    because the Mayo Clinic sets the region's prices.  <\/p>\n<p>    That's the reality facing southeast Minnesota. Despite the    federal Affordable Care Act and the new MNsure health coverage    marketplace, Rochester stands as the one part of the state    where prices are high and options are few.  <\/p>\n<p>    Live here and you get Mayo's high quality care. But if you    don't qualify for subsidies, and you have to pay for insurance    out-of-pocket, you pay the price.  <\/p>\n<p>    A week after MNsure launched its online marketplace, Rochester    resident Sandra Toogood checked her MNsure insurance options    and found just one -- a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan that would    cost her more than she currently pays. She earns enough that    she doesn't quality for a federal tax subsidy.  <\/p>\n<p>    The lack of coverage options on MNsure could deter many    Rochester residents from obtaining coverage, she said.  <\/p>\n<p>    \"I don't know anyone that can pay more than one of their    paychecks to be able to afford health care insurance,\" said    Toogood, an archivist at the History Center of Olmsted County    who pays $350 per month for health insurance for herself and    18-year-old daughter.  <\/p>\n<p>    The unsubsidized insurance option on MNsure for a 55-year-old    like Toogood living in Rochester is $594 a month for a    mid-level plan. In the Twin Cities, a comparable plan would    cost as little as $268.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2013\/10\/28\/health\/rochester-health-care-high-options-limted?refid=0\" title=\"In Rochester, squeezed by health care costs\">In Rochester, squeezed by health care costs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> by Elizabeth Baier, Minnesota Public Radio October 28, 2013 Audio player code: ROCHESTER, Minn.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/health-care\/in-rochester-squeezed-by-health-care-costs.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}