Star Tribune: UnitedHealthcare pushed into Mass. health exchange

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP is being required to offer coverage through MassHealth, the Massachusetts state-run health exchange, as the company covers more than 5,000 Massachusetts workers through small-employer health plans. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP is being required to offer coverage through MassHealth, the Massachusetts state-run health exchange, as the company covers more than 5,000 Massachusetts workers through small-employer health plans. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL NAGLE

PROVIDENCE – UnitedHealth Group Inc. has been required to sell health care coverage in 2019 in the Massachusetts state-run health exchange, MassHealth, and the company acknowledged that the move was not voluntary, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported last week.

The Minnesota-based health care company was required to have its UnitedHealthcare participate in the exchange as it now covers more than 5,000 Massachusetts workers through small-employer health plans.

A MassHealth representative said the health care reform law that pushed UnitedHealth into the market is designed to keep premiums stable and offer more choices to consumers. It combined the state’s small and nongroup markets.

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