Democrats push to let all residents buy into MinnesotaCare
1 year, 10 months ago

Democrats push to let all residents buy into MinnesotaCare

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Lawmakers went to work Wednesday on a proposal to allow all residents to buy into the state-run MinnesotaCare health insurance program, not just low-income workers struggling to get by. Tim Walz have been pushing for several years to expand MinnesotaCare into a low-cost “public option” for health insurance that would be available to everyone. The “public option” is aimed at helping people like home health care worker Tavona Johnson, of Austin, whose husband was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer in 2020. Johnson said at a news conference that they were finally able to find a plan through the state-run MNsure health insurance exchange, but the premiums were “astronomical” at upwards of $1,300 a month, with “obscenely high” deductibles and no coverage for prescription drugs or co-payments. The bill’s chief author, House Majority Leader Jamie Long, of Minneapolis, told reporters before the hearing that he didn’t know how many more people would take advantage of an expanded option to enroll, nor did he have figures on how much money the change would cost the state.

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North Carolina governor and allies celebrate kickoff of Medicaid expansion

Associated Press  

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Minnesota Republicans offer alternate plan for family leave

Associated Press  

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