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    “Abysmal failure. There’s no other way to accurately describe the performance of the co-chairs charged with leading legislative oversight of Minnesota’s insurance exchange,” Johnson said. “The MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee has not met in three months. Meanwhile, the exchange’s website has melted down, MNsure’s executive director has been forced to resign and thousands of Minnesotans are about to be without health insurance come January 1. It was never appropriate to have the two legislative authors of MNsure charged with its oversight, as they have an inherent interest in avoiding any discussion of its problems or failures. It’s time to bring in new, conflict-of-interest-free co-chairs, preferably ones who do not have rooms named after them at MNsure’s office.”

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    “Abysmal failure. There’s no other way to accurately describe the performance of the co-chairs charged with leading legislative oversight of Minnesota’s insurance exchange,” Johnson said. “The MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee has not met in three months. Meanwhile, the exchange’s website has melted down, MNsure’s executive director has been forced to resign and thousands of Minnesotans are about to be without health insurance come January 1. It was never appropriate to have the two legislative authors of MNsure charged with its oversight, as they have an inherent interest in avoiding any discussion of its problems or failures. It’s time to bring in new, conflict-of-interest-free co-chairs, preferably ones who do not have rooms named after them at MNsure’s office.”

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    “Abysmal failure. There’s no other way to accurately describe the performance of the co-chairs charged with leading legislative oversight of Minnesota’s insurance exchange,” Johnson said. “The MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee has not met in three months. Meanwhile, the exchange’s website has melted down, MNsure’s executive director has been forced to resign and thousands of Minnesotans are about to be without health insurance come January 1. It was never appropriate to have the two legislative authors of MNsure charged with its oversight, as they have an inherent interest in avoiding any discussion of its problems or failures. It’s time to bring in new, conflict-of-interest-free co-chairs, preferably ones who do not have rooms named after them at MNsure’s office.”

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Contact: Gregg Peppin


    612-209-9351 | info@johnsonforgovernor.org



    Iohnson Ca||s for kes|gnat|ons of MNsure Leg|s|at|ve Cvers|ght
    Comm|ttee Co-Cha|rs Atk|ns and Lourey

    1hursday, December 19, |ymouth, M|nn. -- Saylng LhaL Lhey've compleLely falled Lo
    provlde any overslghL of MlnnesoLa's deeply Lroubled healLh lnsurance exchange,
    8epubllcan gubernaLorlal candldaLe !eff !ohnson Loday called for Lhe reslgnaLlons of Lhe
    Lwo co-chalrs of Lhe Mnsure LeglslaLlve CverslghL CommlLLee-8ep. !oe ALklns (ulL-
    lnver Crove PelghLs) and Sen. 1ony Lourey (ulL-kerrlck).

    Abysmal fallure. 1here's no oLher way Lo accuraLely descrlbe Lhe performance of Lhe
    co-chalrs charged wlLh leadlng leglslaLlve overslghL of MlnnesoLa's lnsurance exchange,"
    !ohnson sald. 1he Mnsure LeglslaLlve CverslghL CommlLLee has noL meL ln Lhree
    monLhs. Meanwhlle, Lhe exchange's webslLe has melLed down, Mnsure's execuLlve
    dlrecLor has been forced Lo reslgn and Lhousands of MlnnesoLans are abouL Lo be
    wlLhouL healLh lnsurance come !anuary 1. lL was never approprlaLe Lo have Lhe Lwo
    leglslaLlve auLhors of Mnsure charged wlLh lLs overslghL, as Lhey have an lnherenL
    lnLeresL ln avoldlng any dlscusslon of lLs problems or fallures. lL's Llme Lo brlng ln new,
    confllcL-of-lnLeresL-free co-chalrs, preferably ones who do noL have rooms named afLer
    Lhem aL Mnsure's offlce."

    ln addlLlon Lo calllng for ALklns and Lourey Lo reslgn from Lhe overslghL commlLLee,
    !ohnson also called for Lhelr replacemenLs Lo be blparLlsan-wlLh one co-chalr
    appolnLed by ulL leglslaLlve leaders and Lhe oLher appolnLed by 8epubllcan leglslaLlve
    leaders.

    Whlle l don'L belleve a governmenL-conLrolled exchange wlll ever work, Lhe uemocraLs
    have glven us one for now, so an all ulL-led commlLLee wlll never glve MlnnesoLans Lhe
    overslghL of Lhls super-secreL quasl-governmenL agency LhaL we need. Cnly a blparLlsan-
    led commlLLee - noL [usL of cheerleaders buL also of skepLlcs - can provlde Lrue
    overslghL."

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