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Starting in 2025, the State of Minnesota will no longer allow for-profit health insurers to participate in its Medicaid program under a provision in an omnibus bill signed into law last May (see Bill Information HF5247 Minnesota House Of Representatives). The ban will only immediately affect United Healthcare, which is the sole for-profit managed care organization with a Medicaid contract in the state (see;Minnesota’s Medicaid Program To Block For-Profit Insurers From Participation). Minnesota Medicaid covers roughly 1.1 million people, with UnitedHealthcare covering more than 31,000 of that population (see;Study Of . . .