Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

ST. PAUL - The debate is familiar to Minnesotans: Keep or dump MNsure, the controversial state-run program that sells individual health insurance policies. Now, Minnesota leaders also are looking at a ...

ST. PAUL - It's crunch time at MNsure. If people don't get health insurance by March 31, they could face penalties under the federal Affordable Care Act. Plus, people who don't meet the coverage ...

Insurance purchased through MNsure, the state's new online insurance marketplace, is set to take effect the first of the year if Minnesota consumers sign up by Dec. 23. But insurance company ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Nearly 100,000 Minnesotans have accessed health care coverage through MNsure since the beginning of the pandemic, and enrollment opportunities continue during this critical time.

ST. PAUL -- MNsure leaders promise Minnesotans will have an easier time signing up for health insurance on its Website when enrollment begins next month. "My eyes are fully focused on improving the ...

Nov. 17—ROCHESTER — Minnesotans' access to health insurance has gotten broader, and tax credits to help pay for it have gotten bigger. Clark encouraged people to sign up through free services to ...

MINNEAPOLIS — At Crosstown Insurance in Hopkins, insurance agent Shawnee Christenson is having difficult conversations with her clients now that MNsure open enrollment has begun. "Yeah, some people ...

Dec. 19--State IT officials are attempting fixes this weekend to two MNsure glitches that have emerged during the current open enrollment period. Over the past 10 days, three MNsure users have told ...

ST. PAUL-Minnesotans have just one day left to buy health insurance on MNsure if they want it to take effect Jan. 1. But the Thursday midnight deadline comes as major questions remain unresolved about ...

As a breast cancer survivor, health insurance is a top concern for Mankato’s Lisa Newton. She must have good coverage in case her cancer returns, and after her divorce a few years ago Newton set out ...