New Law Threatens Medicaid for 140,000 Minnesotans, Says Official

Gov. Walz voices concern for future of Medicaid in Minnesota

Gov. Tim Walz voiced concern over anticipated impacts to Minnesotans’ health care due to the federal reconciliation bill during a visit to a hospital in Maplewood on Wednesday, WDIO reports. The governor’s office cited state budget officials who estimate that over 140,000 Minnesotans will lose health insurance and predict health care funding reductions to cost the state over $1 billion in the first four years of the bill’s enactment. The Stillwa…

New law threatens Medicaid for 140,000 Minnesotans, says official

Sixty years after Medicaid's establishment, Gov. Walz criticized Congressional Republicans for passing a bill that adds new requirements to Medicaid.

Health care coverage is in question with federal and UCare cuts ahead

Many Minnesotans, including people with disabilities, are worried about whether they will have health care coverage in the future and how that coverage could change. Impacts of recent federal action are being eyed warily. How Minnesotans on Medicaid will be affected by the Reconciliation Act is unclear. One estimate is that up to 250,000 people here could lose Medicaid coverage over the next decade. An estimated $1 trillion in cuts could result …

State paints dire health care picture for 140,000

Izzy Wagener Minnesota Reformer A new analysis from the Minnesota Department of Human Services estimates that up to 140,000 Minnesotans could lose health care coverage as a result of President Trump's tax and spending bill signed earlier this month. Minnesota is expected to lose $1.4 billion in federal funding over the first four years of the law's implementation. The budget law puts...