Montana Health Co-op

On Friday, the Montana State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner’s Office released the new rates for the Obamacare marketplace health insurance marketplace, and there were some reductions in rates.

Health insurance rates for the individual marketplace in 2018 could rise by as little as four percent to as much as 23 percent, depending on the insurer.

The Montana Health Co-op advertises on its website that “we spend as little as possible on overhead so we can keep our premiums low,” but the six-figure salary of the non-profit’s CEO has many wondering if the co-op is really living up to its claims.

Montana Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen said on Tuesday that Montanans who purchase health insurance in the state's federally built insurance marketplace can expect to pay a little less than average than what they would have paid had 'Obamacare" never passed.