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 states 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 laws first major sign-up deadline. Thats down from 8.9 percent last Sept. 30.
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MNsure, the states 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 states 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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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)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!!!
QuestForSense
(653 posts)trublu992
(489 posts)max shimba
(13 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)for the rest of the states in terms of where we need to be.
IronLionZion
(45,261 posts)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)"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)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)competent governors seem to be benefiting from it.
swilton
(5,069 posts)how health insurance translates into health care.
question everything
(47,271 posts)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.