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To protect consumers by providing assistance and information, by efficiently regulating the insurance industry's market behavior and financial solvency, and by fostering a competitive insurance marketplace.
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Morgan Winters will serve as the State-Based Marketplace Director within the Illinois Department of Insurance.* An experienced healthcare professional, Winters most recently served as the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer for MNsure, Minnesota's health insurance marketplace. Winters' leadership with MNsure also includes previous service as the Senior Director of Business Operations, Director of Policy & Plan Management, and Manager of Operations & Contact Center.
Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined doctors, patients, stakeholders, and legislators to highlight efforts to reform predatory health insurance practices and protect patients. The Healthcare Protection Act (HPA), first introduced in the governor's FY25 Budget Address in late February, aims to put power back into the hands of patients by banning step therapy, banning prior authorization for crisis mental health care, improving network adequacy, and ending unchecked rate increases for large group insurance companies.