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Report: Minnesota’s home insurance rate rose more than any other state (opens the original)
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Minnesota home insurance rates rose steeply in the first six months of 2026, up 13% from the end of 2025, according to a report from insurance comparison website Insurify. Minnesotans continue to see the biggest rate increase in the country, with some counties seeing a spike of 20% in just six months. The increase of $457 brought the state’s average annual insurance premium to $3,987 as of June. In 2023, the state had insurance rates below the national average; rates have surged since then and n
Minnesota students’ standardized test scores continue to stagnate (opens the original)
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Fewer than half of Minnesota students who take the stateâs standardized test are able to read and do math at grade-level expectations, according to data released Wednesday by the stateâs education department. Performance on the test, called the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, declined drastically over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which schools closed or held classes remotely. Proficiency rates continue to be over 10 percentage points lower than before the pandemi
Report: Minnesota’s home insurance rate rose more than any other state in first half of 2026 (opens the original)
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Minnesota home insurance rates rose steeply in the first six months of 2026, up 13% from the end of 2025, according to a report from insurance comparison website Insurify. Minnesotans continue to see the biggest rate increase in the country, with some Minnesota counties seeing a spike of 20% in just six months. The increase of $457 brought the stateâs average annual insurance premium to $3,987 as of June. Report: Minnesotaâs home insurance rates rose 34% in 2025, the highest increase in the
Mayo charged private insurance over 4 times more than Medicare for outpatient procedures in 2022, study shows (opens the original)
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ROCHESTER — Mayo Clinic charged admitted patients on private insurance more than twice as much as Medicare patients in 2022, according to a RAND study from 2024 on hospital pricing. For outpatient services — procedures that don’t involve an overnight stay — the world-renowned hospital system based in southeastern Minnesota charged over four times as much for privately insured patients compared to patients with Medicare, which is the government health insurance program for the elderly. That was t
Mayo charged private insurance over 4 times more than Medicare for outpatient procedures in 2022 (opens the original)
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. (Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer) ROCHESTER, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) â Mayo Clinic charged admitted patients on private insurance more than twice as much as Medicare patients in 2022, according to a RAND study from 2024 on hospital pricing. For outpatient services â procedures that donât involve an overnight stay â the world-renowned hospital system based in southeastern Minnesota charged over four times as much for privately insured patients c
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