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Klickitat County finally gets two insurance companies to sell health care plans

Nelly Kinsella demonstrates the Washington Healthplanfinder website Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, in Seattle. Washington residents have until Monday to sign up for individual health insurance coverage through Healthplanfinder. (Elaine Thompson / AP)
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OLYMPIA – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler says that two insurers have agreed to offer plans next year in Klickitat County.

Kreidler said Monday that Molina Healthcare of Washington and BridgeSpan Health Co. will offer plans inside the state’s health exchange in Klickitat. The county had previously been the only one in the state where no health insurance companies had offered plans for 2018.

All rates, health plans, and coverage areas are under review by Kreidler’s office and may change before the plans are certified by the Washington Health Benefit Exchange Board on Sept. 14. Open enrollment for the 2018 individual market starts Nov. 1.