April 2021 - 40 Square Cooperative Solutions

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Meet the Board: Kevin Lauwagie

Latest NewsBy Drew Lyon April 15, 2021

Meet the Board: Kevin Lauwagie For Winthrop farmer Kevin Lauwagie, timing is everything. Around 2017, Lauwagie’s small group health policy was cancelled. At the same time, the Minnesota Legislature passed a bill allowing health care cooperatives to offer health plans to farmers, creating the need for 40 Square Cooperative Solutions. “The timing was great for…

‘A huge blessing’: MPI Farms find value in 40 Square

Health plans, Latest NewsBy Drew Lyon April 5, 2021

Five years ago, exploding health insurance costs forced many employees at Minnesota Pork Inc. (MPI) Farms to forgo coverage. “Previously, we weren’t very capable of providing affordable health care for our employees,” says MPI Business Manager Ashley Winkelman. “A lot of them are 20 and 30 somethings who were going without health care because it…