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(47,271 posts)
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:29 PM Jun 2014

95% of Minnesotans now have health insurance

Source: StarTribune

The percentage of uninsured Minnesotans has dropped to the lowest level in state history, and the second-lowest level in the nation, following the end of enrollments under the Affordable Care Act.

About 180,500 Minnesotans gained health insurance from last September to this May, with the vast majority getting coverage through one of the state’s public health programs, a report from the University of Minnesota found. That left just 4.9 percent of all Minnesotans lacking health coverage on May 1, about a month after the federal health law’s first major sign-up deadline. That’s down from 8.9 percent last Sept. 30.

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MNsure, the state’s health insurance exchange, commissioned the study to measure the impact of the federal health law on coverage in Minnesota. The study was paid for with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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The results rank Minnesota second only to Massachusetts in the percentage of its population with health coverage. That state’s health care reform in 2007 sent its uninsured rate to around 3 percent and, according to a study released there this week, the rate may have fallen below 1 percent in the wave of enrollments driven by the federal law this year.



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95% of Minnesotans now have health insurance (Original Post) question everything Jun 2014 OP
What can we say? Wellstone ruled Jun 2014 #1
Can we get a quote from Michele Bachmann on this? QuestForSense Jun 2014 #2
HAHAHAHA thanks for this comment made my afternoon! trublu992 Jun 2014 #3
Who are the 5% max shimba Jun 2014 #4
Both Minnesota and Massachusetts are states that have set an example davidpdx Jun 2014 #5
What are these public programs they set up? IronLionZion Jun 2014 #6
MinnesotaCare sounds like a public option IronLionZion Jun 2014 #7
Krugman has pointed out the progress in reducing the percentage of uninsured. pampango Jun 2014 #8
Obamacare was only a first (and really, insufficient) step. But at least the states with halfway nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #9
but the unanswered question is swilton Jun 2014 #10
Take it one step at a time question everything Jun 2014 #11
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. What can we say?
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 01:37 PM
Jun 2014

Way to go Minnesota DFLers. You guys and Gals rock. This years election will be a sweet revenge for the DFL,Rethugs will be out for decades. Yes!!!

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
5. Both Minnesota and Massachusetts are states that have set an example
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 05:15 AM
Jun 2014

for the rest of the states in terms of where we need to be.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
6. What are these public programs they set up?
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 11:01 AM
Jun 2014

I'm wondering how the state programs work. Is it like a public option that people can buy into or is it like Medicaid?

hmm...when liberal states are healthier and more prosperous than conservative states things are going to get really interesting in national elections.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
7. MinnesotaCare sounds like a public option
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 11:03 AM
Jun 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinnesotaCare

"MinnesotaCare is a health coverage program in the U.S. state of Minnesota for low-income individuals and families who do not have access to employee-sponsored health insurance. It is administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Enrollees pay a monthly fee based on income and family size, among other factors. According to the Minnesota House of Representatives, 121,731 individuals were enrolled in MinnesotaCare as of November 2006.[1]

MinnesotaCare coverage includes "doctor visits, hospitalization, prescriptions, eye exams, eye glasses, dental care" and other services.[2] Services are provided through prepaid health plans, who negotiate reimbursement rates with health care providers.[1] In fiscal year 2006, the MinnesotaCare program paid $438 million for medical services provided to enrollees. Thirty-five percent of the cost was paid for by the federal government, 8 percent by premiums paid by enrollees, and the remainder by the state.[1]

pampango

(24,692 posts)
8. Krugman has pointed out the progress in reducing the percentage of uninsured.
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 01:52 PM
Jun 2014


You still encounter people claiming that Obamacare has been a disaster, that more people have lost insurance than gained it, etc., etc. But the reality is that it has already made a big dent in the number of uninsured; and the quality of insurance has gone up, too, because canceled policies were canceled because they offered little real protection.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/meanwhile-on-the-health-front/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Opinion&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body&_r=0

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
9. Obamacare was only a first (and really, insufficient) step. But at least the states with halfway
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:30 PM
Jun 2014

competent governors seem to be benefiting from it.

question everything

(47,271 posts)
11. Take it one step at a time
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 07:14 PM
Jun 2014

So far, the same health insurance are providing coverage.

I am glad that more and more people realize that they do not have to be tied to an employer just to be covered.

So let's wait and see.

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