Nearly 13 million Americans, including many Minnesotans, are getting rebates for medical health expenses from insurers.
                     
State Commerce Commissioner Mark Rothman said a provision in the nation's healthcare law requires the rebates if health insurers fail to spend 80 to 85 percent of what they collect in premiums on actual health services for their customers.  Senator Al Franken said adding the provision to the health reform law in 2010 and said many people are benefitting.

If you want to see if your insurer is issuing rebates based on the new federal provision, go to: www.health care.gov...select get help using insurance...then click on your insurance company....or contact the Minnesota Department of Commerce.