State Information: Minnesota
This state-specific page on Minnesota provides new materials published by Families USA, key health contacts, state government links, news and views from the state, and other resources that might be helpful to Minnesota advocates. Click on the links below to view the information you are interested in.
Key Health Contacts
Arc of Minnesota
770 Transfer Road, Suite 26
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 651-523-0823
Toll Free: 800-582-5256
Fax: 651-523-0829
Email: mail@arcminnesota.com
Website: http://www.thearcofminnesota.org/
Children's Defense Fund
200 University Ave. W #210
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55103
Phone: 651-227-6121
Fax: 651-227-2553
Email: cdf-mn@cdf-mn.org
Website: www.cdf-mn.org
CDF-Minnesota is a state advocacy organization working on a variety of issues, including health care, early childhood, and family tax policy.
Legal Services Advocacy Project
Midtown Commons, Suite 101
2324 University Avenue West
St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 651-228-9105
Fax: 651-222-0745
Email: statesupport@mnlegalservices.org
Website: www.mnlegalservices.org
Mature Voices Minnesota
2550 University Ave. W
St. Paul, MN 55114
Minnesota Budget Project
2314 University Ave. W, Suite. 20
St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 651-642-1904
Fax: 651-642-1517
Email: info@mnbudgetproject.org
Minnesota Citizens Organized Acting Together (COACT)
2469 University Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55114
Phone: 651-646-0900
Fax: 651-646-8336
Email: issues@coact.org
Website www.coact.org
Minnesota COACT is a grassroots direct action citizens organization that educates and organizes people to empower themselves and take action on health care reform and family farm survival issues.
Minnesota Nurses Association
1625 Energy Park Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651-414-2800
Toll Free: 800-536-4662
Fax: 651-647-5301
Email: mnnurses@mnnurses.org
Website: www.mnnurses.org
Minnesota Senior Federation
Main Office
1885 University Avenue West, Suite 171
Saint Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651-645-0261
Toll Free: 877-645-0261
Email: info@mnseniors.org
Website: www.mnseniors.org
Take Action Minnesota
1821 University Avenue West, Suite S-137
Saint Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651-379-0743
Website: http://www.takeactionminnesota.org/
[Return to top]
State Government Links
State of Minnesota Website
Visit the Minnesota Department of Health's Managed Care page for more information on managed care issues.
Department of Commerce Website
The Health section of Links to the World is a listing of health-related Internet resources provided by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
[Return to top]
Other Resources
Progress in Implementing Selected Medicaid Provisions of the Affordable Care Act: A 10-State Analysisassesses state progress with modernizing eligibility and enrollment systems, integrating payment for dual eligibles, expanding Medicaid early, and implementing the basic health program. It focuses on experiences in 10 states: AL, CO, MD, MI, MN, NM, NY, OR, RI, and VA. (November 2012) [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute]
Supporting Healthy Child Development through Medical Homes: Strategies from ABCD III States describes the experiences of AR, IL, MN, OK, and OR, which are part of the Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD III) learning collaborative. It draws on these states’ experiences with care coordination to outline opportunities and lessons that state policy makers should consider in order to strengthen medical home initiatives in Medicaid. (November 2012) [National Academy for State Health Policy]
Plan Participation in Health Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Competition and Choice considers how competition among insurance plans is likely to play out in 10 states: AL, CO, MD, MI, MN, NM, NY, OR, RI, and VA. It finds that states are more likely to experience effective competition in their exchange if they have multiple insurers with a significant market share and the ability to negotiate with providers. (September 2012) [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute]
State Progress in Implementing Health Insurance Exchanges: Results from 10 State Analyses describes the status of exchange development in 10 states: AL, CO, MD, MI, MN, NM, NY, OR, RI, and VA. Because the Affordable Care Act allows for a great deal of flexibility in exchange design, states are developing exchanges with a variety of goals and characteristics. The report includes a table that outlines key differences among the 10 featured states. (September 2012) [Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute]
Worry No More: Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions Are Protected by the Health Care Law provides estimates of how many people will be protected from discrimination based on their health status thanks to the health care law. For the first time, the state reports include county-level data, and they include state-level data that are broken down by age, income, and racial or ethnic group. (July-August 2012) [Families USA]
Being a Woman Just Got a Little Easier: How the Affordable Care Act Benefits Women outlines what women stand to gain under the Affordable Care Act. (July 2012) [Families USA]
Dying for Coverage: The Deadly Consequences of Being Uninsured estimates the number of Americans who are dying prematurely due to lack of health coverage. It includes state-level data that are broken down by week, month, and year that were generated using the methodology originally developed by the Institute of Medicine. (June 2012) [Families USA]
Decoding Your Health Insurance: The New Summary of Benefits and Coverage provides national and state-level data on the nearly 173.5 million people with private insurance who will be helped by these plain-language summaries that are required by the health care law. (May 2012) [Families USA]
Good Business Sense: The Small Business Health Care Tax Credit in the Affordable Care Act provides national and state-level estimates of the number of small businesses that will be eligible for this tax credit and of how much the credits will be worth. It also includes data on how many workers could benefit as a result, broken down according to racial and ethnic group. (May 2012) [Families USA and Small Business Majority]
Medicaid: Essential to America's Hospitals and Communities provides state-level data highlighting how important hospitals are to state residents at every stage of life, whether or not they are covered by Medicaid. It also explains that hospitals are vital economic engines and that federal Medicaid cuts could harm many communities. (February 2012) [Families USA]
Republican Presidential Primaries: Health Care and the 2012 Minnesota Caucuses looks at Republicans' plans for health care and how they would harm the health and health care of all Minnesotans, whether old, young, or working-age. (February 2012) [Families USA]
The Bottom Line: How the Affordable Care Act Helps America's Families shows the net financial effects of the Affordable Care Act on family budgets. We found that lower- and middle-income families, both uninsured and insured, will be financial winners. | State Reports (October 2011) [Families USA]
Medicaid's Impact in the States: Helping People with Serious Health Care Needs examines how vital Medicaid is for residents with cancer, diabetes, chronic lung disease, or heart disease or stroke. For these people, Medicaid can be the difference between life and death, and program cuts would put them at risk. Released in partnership with three other groups. (September 2011) [Families USA]
Proposed Models to Integrate Medicare and Medicaid Benefits for Dual Eligibles: A Look at the 15 State Design Contracts Funded by CMS summarizes states’ preliminary proposals to better coordinate care for people who are enrolled in both programs. The 15 states are as follows: CA, CO, CT, MA, MI, MN, NC, NY, OK, OR, SC, TN, VT, WA, WI. (August 2011) [Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured]
Jobs at Risk: Federal Medicaid Cuts Would Harm State Economies provides state-level data that show the devastating impact the House Republican budget proposal would have. The proposal's substantial Medicaid cuts would harm program enrollees and their families and lead to a loss of business activity and jobs in all states. | Calculator (June 2011) [Families USA]
Cutting Medicaid in the States: Harming Seniors and People with Disabilities Who Need Long-Term Care provides state-specific numbers on how many people would be affected by cuts to Medicaid long-term care spending, as well as how Medicaid helps families, state workers, and businesses. (May 2011) [Families USA]
House Republicans Propose to Slash Funding for Medicaid, Medicare, and Other Health Coverage Programs takes a closer look at how the recent budget proposal would harm seniors, children, and state economies, including state-specific numbers. (April 2011) [Families USA]
States Are Benefitting from Provisions of the Affordable Care Act lists the number of people in each state who are already benefiting from each of five provisions. The provisions include measures that are helping small businesses provide coverage to their workers, helping seniors get free preventive care, and protecting children with pre-existing conditions. | Table (March 2011) [Families USA]
Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities: Why It Is Important to Preserve the Maintenance of Effort Requirement in the Affordable Care Act discusses how stripping the maintenance of effort requirement from the ACA will have negative consequences for the many people who depend on Medicaid by allowing states to change eligibility requirements. (February 2011) [Families USA]
Worry Less Spend Less: Out-of-Pocket Spending Caps Protect America's Families examines how the Affordable Care Act will protect insured people from high medical costs through new caps on out-of-pocket spending. It provides state-level estimates of how many residents will have spending that exceeds these caps and by how much, and it looks at how many of those residents work for small businesses. (February 2011) [Families USA]
How Health Reform Helps Communities of Color is a series of state-based fact sheets that discuss how provisions in the Affordable Care Act--both those for the general public and those specifically designed to eliminate health disparities--help communities of color in each state. (September-October 2010) [Families USA]
Lower Taxes, Lower Premiums: The New Health Insurance Tax Credit examines how this tax credit will help both insured and uninsured Americans. It provides data on the number of people eligible, the total dollars available, and on how it will help working families in particular. (September 2010) [Families USA]
A Helping Hand for Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits analyzes the health reform provision that provides tax credits to small employers to help them buy health coverage for their workers. This report, which was commissioned along with Small Business Majority, provides national and state-level data on the number of small businesses eligible for the credit in 2010, as well as the number eligible for the maximum tax credit. (July 2010) [Families USA]
Health Reform: New Opportunities for States to Invest in Home- and Community-Based Services is a series of state-specific fact sheets that explore the new options for states to expand home- and community-based services through the health reform law and the reasons why expanding this type of services is a good idea. (Summer 2010) [Families USA]
Health Reform: Help for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions discusses how, under health reform, no one will be denied coverage, charged a higher premium, or sold a policy that excludes coverage of essential benefits because of pre-existing conditions. The report presents the number of Americans with diagnosed pre-existing conditions who, absent reform, would be at risk of being denied coverage in the individual insurance market. It breaks down this number by age, income, and race. (May 2010) [Families USA]
How Health Reform Helps the People of Minnesota looks at the many benefits that health reform will bring to the state, including cracking down on insurance company abuses, ending runaway premiums, and providing financial security. (May 2010) [Families USA]
Health Coverage in Minnesota: How Will Health Reform Help? discusses the major gaps in Minnesota's health coverage system and how health reform will address these gaps and help Minnesotans, including the insured, the uninsured, people in Medicare, and small businesses. (March 2010) [Families USA]
Lives on the Line: The Deadly Consequences of Delaying Health Reform examines what would happen if Congress fails to pass health reform. Specifically, it provides national and state-level estimates of the number of deaths that would occur due to lack of health coverage if reform doesn't pass. It also quantifies how many Americans died due to lack of health coverage since the last effort to pass reform in 1994. (March 2010) [Families USA]
Guide to Finding Health Coverage: Minnesota Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way. Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need. (Updated 2009) [Families USA]
The Uninsured: A Closer Look–Minnesotans without Health Insurance examines how many state residents were uninsured during 2007-2008. The report also takes a closer look at the number of uninsured, who they are, and how long they were uninsured. It mirrors the data in our national report, Americans at Risk: One in Three Uninsured. (April 2009) [Families USA]
Minnesota State Expansions visit here for archival information on expansions within the state. (Last updated 2009) [Families USA]
Premiums versus Paychecks: A Growing Burden for Minnesota's Workers. The impact of changes in employer-based health insurance premiums and earnings in Minnesota. (September 2008) [Families USA]
Bad Medicine: The President's Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken Minnesota's Economy States are facing a recession and reduced revenues. In 2007, the Bush Administration issued seven new regulations that together will strip an estimated $50 billion in federal funds from states over the next five years. These state-specific reports quantify the harm that these regulations will cause to state economies in terms of lost federal dollars, business activity, jobs, and wages. (April 2008) [Families USA]
Dying for Coverage in Minnesota For the more than 47 million Americans who are uninsured, lack of health insurance can have dire consequences: medical debt, missed care, and even premature death. This first-ever state-specific report examines the number of deaths due to lack of health insurance. (March 2008) [Families USA]
Too Great a Burden: Minnesota's Families at Risk finds that more and more Minnesota families are spending a substantial share of their incomes on health care costs, and most of these families have insurance. Faced with high health care costs and tight budgets, families are turning to credit cards to finance their care, and many are falling into medical debt. (December 2007) [Families USA]
When an Apple A Day Isn't Enough: Students in Minnesota Speak Out about Health Care contains the winning essays from the "When an Apple a Day Isn't Enough" national essay contest as well as basic information about why health insurance matters for children. [Campaign for Children's Health Care]
Guide to Finding Health Insurance Coverage: Millions of Americans have no health insurance, and finding health insurance can be difficult. If you are looking for coverage, this guide can help point the way. Whether you have recently lost your job, are an early retiree, or have a serious medical condition, this guide includes numerous resources that may help you find the coverage you need. (Updated March 2007) [Families USA]
No Shelter from the Storm: Minnesota's Uninsured Children. This fact sheet takes a closer look at uninsured children in Minnesota—who they are and what kinds of services they miss out on as a result of being uninsured. Written by Families USA for the Campaign for Children's Health Care. (September 2006) [Families USA]
NACHRI, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released 2005 updates of their state-specific Medicaid fact sheets. These fact sheets detail the importance of the Medicaid program to the health care of children in every state, as well as the critical role children's hospitals and pediatricians play in serving all children. Click here for a map that will take you to information specific to your state. (July 2005) [National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)]
Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured in Minnesota: A fact sheet with state-level data showing the dollar impact on private health insurance premiums of care provided to the uninsured. (June 2005) [Families USA]
Medicaid Cuts Are Bad Medicine: This fact sheet describes how Medicaid helps your state's economy, supports the state's health care infrastructure, provides essential health care to the most vulnerable residents, and reduces the number of uninsured. (January 2005) [Families USA]
The Uninsured: A Closer Look: A fact sheet with state-level data from One in Three: Non-Elderly Americans without Health Insurance, 2002-2003. (June 2004) [Families USA]
Good Medicine for State Economies, 2004 Update: Medicaid provides essential health care services for an estimated 51 million people of all ages and economic classes. Medicaid also plays a unique role in stimulating state economies. This report provides national and state-level data on the effects of Medicaid spending on state business activity, employment, and employee earnings. These updated numbers can be used to predict the economic impact of potential state Medicaid spending increases or cuts in fiscal year 2005.| Medicaid Calculator with updated figures (May 2004) [Families USA]
Who's Uninsured in Minnesota and Why? is a four-page fact sheet providing information on the uninsured population in the state -- their numbers and characteristics and some of the reasons they are uninsured. (November 2003) [Families USA]
Families USA has prepared state fact sheets that spell out the different amounts of help the House and Senate Medicare prescription drug bills would provide to low-income beneficiaries. Click here for this state's fact sheet. (July 2003) [Families USA]
Approaching Universal Coverage: Minnesota's Health Insurance Programs, is a study of the five public insurance programs that cover the majority of Minnesotans without private health coverage. It reviews different aspects of the programs, including eligibility rules, covered services, and funding, as well as the successes and failures of each program. The study concludes that if states follow Minnesota's model, they can approach universal health coverage. (February 2003) [Commonwealth Fund and Mathematica Policy Research]
Children's Eligibility for Medicaid and SCHIP: A View from 2000 presents estimates of Medicaid and SCHIP eligibility for children up to age 17 using the eligibility rules in place as of July 2000. The results are based on data from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families. The Survey found that eligibility varied tremendously across states, and the brief includes state-specific data for 13 states: AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI. (March 2002) [The Urban Institute]
Recent Changes in Health Policy for Low-Income People in Minnesota Through interviews with state officials, consumers, and health care providers, as well as reviews of health care publications and Web sites, this report describes how Minnesota finances health care, specifically with regards to Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. (March 2002) [The Urban Institute]
Health Care Access for Uninsured Adults: A Strong Safety Net Is Not the Same as Insurance examines the extent to which differences in the safety-net environment account for differences in access to and use of health care by the uninsured. The brief draws on representative samples of the population from 13 states (AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, WI) and focuses on low-income adults and on residents of metropolitan areas. (January 2002) [The Urban Institute]
State Profiles of Health Insurance, Access, and Use is based on the 1999 National Survey of America's Families and provides basic state- and national-level data in easy-to-use tables. These tables break down the type of health insurance people have according to age, income, sex, race/ethnicity, family structure, family work status, firm size, and country of origin. Separate profiles for each of the 13 states studied (AL, CA, CO, FL, MA, MI, MN, MS, NJ, NY, TX, WA, and WI) also include characteristics of the uninsured, as well as a description of Medicaid and SCHIP enrollees. (January 2002) [The Urban Institute]
Assessing The New Federalism State Reports: Minnesota is one of 13 states discussed in this report, which tracks the delivery of health and social services to low-income residents following changes in welfare law. [The Urban Institute]
[Return to top]
