November 20, 2025
After 40 years in business, the nonprofit health insurer UCare is closing next year, leaving 1,450 employees out of work.
Its 300,000 Minnesota and western Wisconsin customers, mostly enrollees of Medicaid and ACA benefits, will transfer to Medica.
"Under the terms of the agreement, subject to customary conditions to closing including the receipt of required regulatory approvals, individuals enrolled in UCare’s 2026 Medicaid and Individual and Family Plans will continue to receive services without interruption," the nonprofits announced in a joint release on November 17.
UCare had announced earlier this year that it would not offer Medicare Advantage plans in 2026.
October 8, 2026
On September 29, a Hennepin County jury issued an $84 million malpractice verdict against Fairview Health Services, in a case involving a patient who died of complications following an exercise-induced heart attack.
October 8, 2026
A group of fifth-grade students from Lincoln Elementary School in St. Cloud got a firsthand look at the world of medicine on October 5, during a special Mini Medical School Day hosted by the University of Minnesota Medical School CentraCare Regional Campus St. Cloud.
October 8, 2026
On October 7, the MMA released an updated version of its “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Resource Guide for Physicians.”