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More than 40 percent of Minnesotans rate MNsure a failure

MNSURE: More than 40 percent of Minnesotans say the state's online health insurance exchange, MNsure, has been a failure in its first year, according to a Star Tribune Minnesota poll Read full story

By Dennis J. McGrath,

Jeff Hargarten and

Jamie Hutt

September 19, 2014 at 11:32AM

about the writers

Dennis J. McGrath

Dennis J. McGrath is a retired Star Tribune editor.

Jeff Hargarten

Data Journalist

Jeff Hargarten is a Minnesota Star Tribune journalist at the intersection of data analysis, reporting, coding and design.

Jamie Hutt

Digital design director

Jamie Hutt is the digital design director, overseeing news design for the Minnesota Star Tribune's digital products. Hutt was a member of the team that developed the Minnesota Star Tribune’s first online service in 1994.