Decisions made by Wisconsin explains massive health insurance premium disparity between MN and WI on new health insurance marketplaces
On a media call Wednesday that included U.S. Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Citizen Action of Wisconsin released a new report documenting vast differences between Minnesota and Wisconsin in the cost for health insurance on the individual insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act.
The report also compares health insurance individual marketplace rates for Wisconsin’s major metro areas, and reveals major differentials in cost.
The report, A Tale of Two States: Why Wisconsin’s Health Insurance Individual Marketplace Premiums are Dramatically Higher than Minnesota’s, shows that two critical decisions made differently in the two states explain a substantial portion of the rate disparity.
Key Report Findings: –Wisconsin health insurance marketplace premiums for single coverage will be on average 79 percent to 99 percent higher than premiums in Minnesota, before tax credits are applied.
That is a difference of over $1,800 a year. –The health insurance cost differential will be even worse for some major Wisconsin cities.