![House Panel Votes to Disband MNsure After Story of Death](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2013/09/MNsure.jpg?w=980&q=75)
House Panel Votes to Disband MNsure After Story of Death
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The debate over MNsure's future is taking an emotional turn.
A House panel voted Monday to abandon MNsure and move to the federal exchange by 2017. That decision came after one man blamed the exchange for his wife's death from cancer earlier this year.
Charlie Dunker of Jackson says his wife died due in part to struggles finalizing MNsure coverage. Dunker says the confusion left them without insurance and made it hard to book appointments.
Gail Dunker was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and died Jan. 9. MNsure did not respond to a request for comment.
Rep. Matt Dean's bill goes the farthest among several Republican proposals to change MNsure. No Democrats on the committee voted for it.
Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed a study of MNsure's viability.
More From AM 1240 WJON
![Long-time Minnesota Insurance Provider Makes Large-Scale Lays Offs](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2024/02/attachment-Doctor-Photo-by-National-Cancer-Institute-on-Unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Whoops! ‘Forgotten’ Time Capsules Recently ‘Found’ In Minnesota Building](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2023/07/attachment-Image-Credit-Fox-9-KMSP-via-Youtube.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Looking For Insurance? Don’t Be Surprised By The Sticker Shock Here In Minnesota](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2023/06/attachment-vlad-deep-mCqi3MljC4E-unsplash.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Mnsure Warns of Insurance Scams](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2023/01/attachment-Cover-5.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Upsala’s Camp Lebanon Cancels Summer Youth Retreats for 2020](http://townsquare.media/site/65/files/2020/05/camp-lebanon-go.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![MNsure rates to hold steady in 2020, show market stability](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/07/mnsure_630x420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![MNsure Announces 7-Week Enrollment Period for 2020 Coverage](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2017/07/mnsure_630x420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![MNsure Reports Record of Nearly 124,000 Health Care Sign-ups](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2018/03/Doctor.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![iPhone vs. Android: The Ultimate Driving Smackdown!](http://townsquare.media/site/241/files/2018/12/GettyImages-867704486.jpg?w=980&q=75)