health insurance

'Nothing affordable out there'
By Nicole Ronchetti
September 23, 2026
Already facing higher costs for fuel and fertilizer, farmers across Minnesota also faced another hurdle this year as the price for their health insurance increased by 10, 20 and even 30%. While some farmers have a spouse who works outside of the farm and can share their health insurance, many farmers are forced to navigate purchasing insurance on the individual market. The issue of health…
Strap on your spurs as we take the health insurance ride
By Rick Peterson, Star Herald General Manager
October 11, 2016
Just a second while I strap on my spurs because I am about to get on my high horse. A year ago on this page I wrote about the rising cost of health care because of the Affordable Healthcare Act, otherwise know as Obamacare. Well, affordable health care is anything but affordable. Premiums are skyrocketing beyond belief and at the same time deductibles are reaching five figures in an effort to…
Preuss: Another freedom lost
December 01, 2015
To the Editor: I read Rick Peterson’s column concerning the Affordable Care Act, and a few quotes came to my mind. It led me to think. (Here’s trouble.) Dick Gregory, the black activist and comedian, said, “Everything we do we should look at in terms of the millions of people who can’t afford it.” You are one of the millions who had affordable health insurance but now find it hard to afford or…