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BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today confirmed that Sanford Health Plan will offer coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange for individual health insurance plans in some North Dakota counties for 2018.

BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread announced yesterday in a live television interview that after careful consideration, following President Donald Trump’s announcement regarding non-payments of cost sharing reductions (CSRs) to insurance carriers, he will deny any additional rate increases to individual health insurance premium rates for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-compliant plans to be offered in North Dakota beginning Jan. 1, 2018.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread will kick off a series of eight, statewide Medicare Part D Annual Enrollment Events in Grand Forks on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Insurance Department today announced the approved health insurance premium rates for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-compliant individual and group plans to be offered in North Dakota beginning Jan. 1, 2018.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today confirmed that the Insurance Department was informed late Wednesday, Sept. 27, that Medica does not intend to sign an agreement with the federal government to offer coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange for their individual health insurance in North Dakota for 2018.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread, sent a letter Friday to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chair, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), in response to a request for recommendations on legislative changes to give states additional flexibility in stabilizing their individual market and developing broader state-based insurance coverage reforms.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread, along with six other Insurance Department employees, joined insurance regulators from across the U.S. last week for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) summer meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today released a comprehensive summary of insurance legislation passed during the 2017 Legislative Session.

BISMARCK, N.D. – The Insurance Department today released a guide to hospitals for consumers showing which air ambulance companies operating in North Dakota have contractual agreements (in-network) with the state’s three major health insurance companies – Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Sanford Health Plan and Medica.

BISMARCK, N.D. – Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced the recent insurance fraud charge filed against Joshua Kadrmas, of Mandan, ND. Kadrmas is scheduled for a first appearance in court on August 22 in Morton County.