Minnesota Insurance

The rising costs of health insurance is by far exceeded the income level of American families, particularly in Florida, according to a study released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Premiums for American families, employers-based health insurance has increased 10 times faster than family incomes from 2001 to 2005, with researchers from the University of Minnesota. At the same time, health insurance premiums for Florida families has increased 16 times faster than income families.

The study focused on private sector employers and employees.

A piece of relatively good news, both national and the country: the employer offers health insurance during the past five years studied, with only a slight drop as “statistically insignificant” at the University of Minnesota researcher Michael Davern.

However, Davern also noted that the investigation Statement Under the full cost of health care, because it focuses on health insurance premiums for the State of the state data are available, and do not look at Out-of-pocket health care costs such as supplements and franchises.

Duluth News Tribune

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The Untold Stories number of work programmes to continue the story Tuesday with a program on the theme “The Promise and Limits of the” New Deal “.

Untold Stories celebrates its 10th date of birth of more than a month of lectures, guided tours, performances and more, including several events to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the “New Deal”. It is a national history award-winning series of work sponsored by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library.

The author and professor Colin Gordon presented “The Promise and Limits of the” New Deal “on Tuesday, April 22, 7 pm at the Rice Street Branch Library, 1011 Rice St., Saint Paul. Gordon is a professor of History at the University of Iowa Author and New Deals: Business, labor and politics, 1920-1935, as well as Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health in Twentieth-Century America.

Untold Stories farther with a presentation theater-Lex-Ham, the community theatre St. Anthony Park Branch Library, 2245 Como Avenue, St. Paul, Sunday 24 April, 2 hours society actors is a step reading Jeannine Coulombe’s up, cups, inspired by the conflict of 1989, Boise Cascade in International Falls .

Jennifer Klein presented his book for all these rights: Business, labour and the development of America’s Public-Private Welfare State, Wednesday, April 30, 7 pm, at Dayton’s Bluff Branch / Metropolitan State University Library, Ecolab rooms, 645 Seventh St. E., St. Paul. In America, unlike anywhere else in the world, most people depend mainly in the private sector health insurance and social benefits. In this powerful American history using the benefits of employment, small between them, the political determination of social protection and labour relations in the years 1960 to 1910 years.

On Thursday, May 1, 7 hours, emerges a group of historians and scholars working towards 150 years of work in Minnesota, Saint Paul Labour Centre, 411 Main Street, St. Paul. The panel includes: Hy Berman, work scholar and professor emeritus of history at the University of Minnesota, Mary Wingerd, author of The City and the affirmation of a forthcoming history of Minnesota, and Annette Atkins, professor of history at the University of St - Benedict and the author of the creation of Minnesota. After the roundtable St. Paul maintains a laboratory choir sing-along of popular tunes and some unknown.

On Sunday, May 4 2 hours, the Jewish theatre, Minnesota presents The Triangle Factory Fire Project, on fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, which killed 146 workers, to consider, as well as social and political changes, has resulted. About morning show and participation in a post-show interview with Professor Peter Rachleff and others. Mention Untold Stories, and you will receive a discount of $ 5 ticket. Call 651-647-4315 to order tickets. The power is in the Auditorium of Hillcrest, 1974 Ford Parkway, St. Paul.

Untold Stories and training service laboratory at the University of Minnesota present the film “Cradle Will Rock”, the book and Director: Tim Robbins on artists during the era of the EPA. Participates in 6 hours for refreshments and a pre-show discussion with the film follows a 6:30 pm on Wednesday, May 7, 6 hours, in Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul.

Tuesday, May 13, 7 pm, the gaze of extracts from “I thank God and FDR…” New Deal “the art of Minnesota, the Works Progress Administration art collection in the eternal present of Minnesota Historical Society, and you hear an exhibition gallery presentation Conservative Brian Szott. The collection was housed for over 70 years on the ground in Ah-Gwah-Ching (ie “out-of-doors” in Ojibwe), a state medical facility run by Walker, MN. Ah-Gwah-Ching-archive consists of more than including objects from 160 prints, watercolors, oil and wood sculptures by artists such as Bob Brown, Henry Bukowski, Reathel Keppen, Dorothea Lau, Alexander Oja and Bennet Swanson . The exhibition and maintenance are to James J. Hill House Gallery, 240 Summit Avenue, St. Paul.

Minnesota day in the history encourages young people to explore a historic theme in the context of an annual discussion of this year, conflict and compromise in history. “The program encourages the study of history by participating students and teachers in the excitement of historic inquiry and creative presentation. Watch Working with fancy living history exhibitions, performances and original presentations to media, as students of their projects in 2008, Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 am, in the laboratory of Saint-Paul Centre, 411 Main St., St. Paul.

Join Untold Stories regular working and historian Dave Riehle explore the sites of work in the field of White Bear Lake, Saturday, May 17. Travel in an old bus Wildwood Amusement Park at the end of the tramline to Mahtomedi to Ramaley flag on the west side of the lake, the two sides of major events work 19 century. See also local workers’ homes and sites related to Native Americans and Canadian french (Metis) Centre of settlers City, Vadnais Heights and others. The Tour begins at 2 hours of the Sun Ray Branch Library, 2105 Wilson Avenue, St. Paul. 651/222-3242 Please reserve your seat in the bus, space is limited.

The Untold Stories ends with a series of performances of these Shining Lives and a post-show discussion in the history of theater, Sunday, May 18, 2 hours, the Shining Lives is a new piece on workers at the radium Dial Watch Company, and the costume to the company by “Radium Girls”, suffering from anemia, fractures and death before exposure to radium. About morning show and participation in a post-show discussion and reception. Association special discounts on your trade union membership or Untold Stories and get half-price ticket for this show only! Call 651-292-4323 for tickets.

Untold Stories events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit www.thefriends.org or by phone at 651/222-3242. Untold Stories is coordinated by the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. Co-sponsors & Zoo from the Conservatory of Como, Macalester College history department, the Department of Social Sciences in Metropolitan State University, Micawber’s Books, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul Area AFL-CIO Trades and Labour Assembly, Saint - Paul spoke of the club laboratory, Twin Cities laboratory History Society and the University of Minnesota laboratory training. This series is supported by a foundation, with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Foundation St. Paul.

The constitutional legislator is required to postpone the session of 2008 to May 19, 2008. It is less than a month away and the budget discussions are continuing seriously on Capitol Hill. Even if we have made progress on a series of bills from this year, as the transport link and packages, more complex point to fill, such as $ 935 million budget deficit.

Each division of the budget, the Senate and the Assembly has recommended a budget proposal-Cut has been a great disservice Finance Bill and the floor of both bodies.

First, the Senate bill recommended $ 232 million cuts in the budget, the governor recommended $ 236 million reduction from the house-proposed plan, $ 155 million in cuts. The rest of the money is necessary to fill the void budget came from the budget reserve, turnover has increased, the Health Care Access-funds or a combination of all these sources, as appropriate, what budget you threw a glance.

Now, these bills are in conference committee is a compromise between the Assembly and Senate and the governor’s proposal can be achieved. The Commission meets every day conference at any point of view of budgetary proposals and compare them to the governor.

The House, Senate and governor all want an agreement that spending cuts in each budget, raising revenue, where it is possible, avoiding harm to our economic future of the state. It is not just a goal.

The State has a pretty good household reserve account, but the Senate is reluctant much of that money. The latest economic forecasts $ 2.1 billion budget deficit for the biennium 2010-2011, we have the budget for next spring. Given that our economy is not a sign of fast food at any time, we are all concerned that the budget deficit is to develop, which confirms the need for heavy rain all the more important in the future.

The governor is interested in making money from the Health-Care Access Fund, the account that the ways of working Minnesotans’ care. He made a new offer this week, however, a concession to only $ 125 million from the Health Care Access Fund - about half the original amount, he wanted to take advantage.

It is a great step forward, and the Senate on its willingness to continue to preserve the integrity of this account.

Nonetheless, we aspire to an agreement, that the tapes not all the money to finance health care. He believes that the money the state pays for sustained Insurance Program, that the work of adults and their children can acquire, if employers do not provide health insurance. At present, there is unfortunately more and more often for employers, bands health of its workers.

We must maintain a strong finance health care to ensure that insurance remains accessible alternative Minnesotans really need. However, so that more people without medical care are not causes more problems in other budget areas.

The governor, the plan also includes reductions in programs long-term care and home care workers, something that those of us in Minnesota, Greater a particularly difficult moment to accept. We have seen more and more of our care centres struggle remain in the economy, along with the current level of public funding. Cut more of their budgets is not the direction of Minnesota should position.

Even with these differences, I am very confident that we will be able to reach an agreement before May 19. This late-session negotiations to spend each year, but it is not necessarily a bad thing. There is the legislature the opportunity to examine in depth, any solution to our problems, and there are Minnesotans a chance to learn what is at stake

I am confident that we can continue the cooperative device of the session and work towards a solution responsibly balanced budget.

If Want to know which to influence legislators at the State Capitol, who will have the authority to fix by cash. The Minnesota campaign finance and public disclosure outline Board spenders in the legislature in its line of “main lobbyist expenditure list.

At the head of the Chamber of Commerce of Minnesota, the business lobby, with a cost of $ 1.66 million, followed closely by Education Minnesota, 70000 faculty member of the Union, 1.56 $ million spent lobbying lawmakers during the last year. The only character-seven others were spenders Minnesotans against fraud and the increased costs of insurance and the coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities.

Near the bottom of the list of organizations such as the Minnesota Pest Management Association ($ 400) and Hutchinson Telephone Co. ($ 100).

The Mall of America spent $ 740000 lobbying the legislature in 2007, the seventh largest amount of lobbying over the past year. It is also three times more than the past megamall in 2006 and well below the 500 males, he spent the year 2004. Still, The Mall is a good investment, if the lobbying is worth the cost of $ 204 million funded by taxpayers Terminal ramp.

All children should grow up healthy as they can - is the impetus behind the Children’s Defense Fund’s Children’s Health Security Act.

Jim Koppel, director of the Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota, has reiterated its interest to introduce the act of the Legislature of Minnesota in 2009, and that all healthy children Federal Act to the USA House of Representatives and the Senate .

“We have a chance of systemic change,” he said of health coverage bill. “-Disease for children.”

The Children’s Health Security Act to ensure that all children in Minnesota have access to affordable and quality of coverage of health care, said enclosures. Currently, 68000 children are in the state, had no insurance and thousands more are underinsured, he said.

He said that the benefits of the plan are as follows:

– Increase eligibility for government programs for health care to 300 percent of the Federal Agency for the focus of poverty ($ 62000 per year for a family of four).

– The elimination of bonuses, a serious obstacle for coverage.

– The elimination of insurance rules, that is not insured and underinsured children access to public programs.

– The elimination of administrative obstacles.

– An increase in reimbursement rates for providers.

– Creating efficiencies through streamlining existing programs and sharing of children.

– Abandonment of the coverage of employers.

– Ensure the coverage they have children, where parents work or they deserve.

– Benefits help for employers.

– Remove decompensated ensure that readers and health care costs.

Minnesota has a tradition of leading health care, “said coupling.

However, he said the legislature is too slow, major changes, unless their constituencies slips. He said, 81 percent of Minnesota voters support ensuring that all children, health care period.

“The motivation is in the public opinion,” he said. “If public opinion provides sufficient pressure, and it is… you a tipping point.

Koppel said that the point is near.

“We are ready for more health care such as education,” he said. It should be a right, “he added.

Return to pay for the program, the legislature would have to increase income tax, but such a move would be a positive way.

“You are not talking about taxes or fees is not that we talk about problems to solve,” he said.

Koppel presentation on Friday afternoon in the Community Beltrami Electric space has been sponsored by the Bemidji State University Social Work Club.

Minnesota’s sesquicentennial must always be to me. When General Mills communication veep Thomas Forsythe touted the ideas behind the legislator health care reform as the sole representative of bills in a briefing News a few weeks ago, my mind has emigrated.

“General Mills. … How properly.

Flour Mills, Minneapolis was founded in 1858 just before. But it did not take long before John S. Pillsbury was governor, Charles A. Pillsbury, the Finance Committee, Senate chair, George A. Pillsbury was mayor of Minneapolis and William D. Washburn was a U.S. Senator.

Washburn cousin and partner milling Dorilus Morrison was also a state senator, and was the first and third mayor of Minneapolis. Although little known today, it was in this huge public affairs and citizens’ participation history. (Except on Legacy-minded entrepreneurs: Put your name in your business.)

Washburn Crosby Co., General Mills has been during the year 1928. He acquired the Pillsbury Co. in 2001. But mergers and new names have not changed the will of State Enterprises and Government to embark on Minnesota’s Capitol to enjoy - understandable, as seen through the eyes of business.

Much the same thing is also valid for any number of other companies in Minnesota. The positive effects of citizen participation-minded company in this state advance the quality of life has been enormous. That’s what makes the difference that the freight bill the last two months.

Business seek votes as crucial for the destiny of the health care reform in the four weeks of this session.

Forsythe’s efforts on behalf of reforming health care were obviously painful. If I caught up with him last week, it was a bad health.

It was also discouraging. Minnesota conservative majority a network, is on an event to break the opposition Republican bills Forsythe helped shape - and the safeguarding of a veto by Tim Pawlenty Dir.

Website of the group pointed out that the reform such as invoices were “creating new layers of bureaucracy, the government says thousands of people on the taxpayers subsidized health plans, the government provides access to medical records private and Staff in your choice of health care to be taken. ”

It is not so - or at least it is not necessary, “said Forsythe. “There are a lot of misinformation there.”

The heart of the Assembly and Senate bills is a reward for that state, employers should fight, “he said. The acronym for “pay reform.” This means that providers of medical services to the public go hand in hand with their prices and the results of their services, to inform consumers make purchases. This means, besides the remuneration of doctors see 40 patients a day and pay them for the conservation of people who suffer from chronic diseases hospital.

It could mean real savings - or at least a slowdown in the current halsbrecherischen inflation rate, the health professions. It could be like another architect of the plan, a physician and former Lieutenant Governor Independence Party candidate said Maureen Reed, the biggest package of measures to stimulate the economy in many each year.

But when cases are not eyes, that the relocation of prices because of the fear-mongering antigovernment folk, they can easily be diverted by other tussle, the threat of these bills on Capitol Hill. Given that the House of Representatives and Senate bills expand the eligibility of Minnesota Care Insurance Program covered by subsidies for the working poor. In doing so, they compare money to spend, that the Governor of the State to use a balanced budget.

DFL legislator said that more people access to offers of care can not be separated from the reform of payment. This is perhaps the political reality in the Caucasus. What is more, Mr. Reed, more affordable access to cover other words, more money for all long-term.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Partisans of good faith insurance bill say consumers to benefit greatly from the measure, Governor Tim Pawlenty signed Friday to identify. The move ended more than a year as a process of battle between lawyers and insurance companies on Capitol Hill.

The bill defines insurance companies have a sufficiently secure basis for the refusal of a request. If not, Minnesotans now have the right of the responsibility for their insurers for attorneys’ fees, damages and legal costs to claim during the dispute.

Last in the package, Minnesota is the fiftieth state to adopt such a standard either in law or jurisprudence by the courts.

The bill was drafted by Representative Joe Atkins, DFL - Inver Grove Heights and Senator Tarryl Clark, DFL - Saint-Cloud.

Today, Rep. Atkins called the golden rule for insurance companies.

“The main objective of this legislation is to prevent this type of behavior occurs in the first place, reduction and the need for litigation,” said Rep. Atkins.

Cole Anderson, Dassel, took his snowmobile and four-scooter stole his property, while later in a youth centre retirement.

He said that his insurance company promptly accused of being in flight, then he can show that the link for them.
Now, three years later, he won the assistance of a lawyer, but to continue to pay loans for the building said it was stolen.

“Is this the law three years ago, I have no doubt he would have had to intervene,” said Anderson.

Stiff fines means that it is more financially disadvantageous for insurance companies to act in good faith.

Under the new law, if a request is unfair to deny the consumer is authorized to pay legal fees up to $ 100000 and a penalty of up to $ 250000

“This new law is like a Swiss army knife for consumers,” said Atkins.

“It can be used in any type of insurance claim to force insurance companies to treat consumers fairly and denials problem is not without reason.”

Dir Tim Pawlenty legislator said Monday he was concerned that the legislation now before the commission of a conference on the reorganization of Minnesota health care system could indeed lead to higher costs instead of cutting.

“It was not very precisely what he wanted, and we must take with him to return a little more clarity on,” said Sen. Linda Berglin, DFL-Minneapolis, one of the architects of the proposal changes.

Pawlenty has said little about the content of the meeting, characterized most often to discuss technical problems.

The health care costs continue to increase “untenable,” he said. The legislature’s proposal, he said, plus costs by extending eligibility for public health programs. He said, Minnesota, again: “What is without doubt the most generous man in this country.”

One of the biggest differences between the governor and DFL legislative rest-controlled use of Health-Care Access Fund. To balance a projected budget deficit, Pawlenty would be $ 250 million by the Fund - about half of their pay in progress - for financing the state-funded health care programs that generally the state of tax revenue. DFLers say tapping the Fund for that amount to a search of funds.

During its meeting on Monday morning, “said Berglin, Pawlenty expressed concern whether perhaps several billion dollars of savings proposed by changes in health-care system, go back to private companies to lower costs of health. “The company would have received most of the economies,” said Berglin. “That’s exactly what the bill the Senate.”

The legislation grew from a governor of the Task Force and issued a legislative commission that in the summer and autumn last maintains a number of proposals aimed at stemming the rising costs of health care. Currently, costs for the care of projections raised approximately $ 30 billion to 57.4 billion dollars today to the year 2015.

The Governor and most of the 10 conference participants met at 8 o’clock for about two hours in his office. Berglin Pawlenty said the timetable will be another meeting soon.

The conference, chaired by Czech Berglin and Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, met later on Monday, the Senate and House bills and plans for today.

Make your changes in hospitals?

In both bills, clinics, the conditions for higher reimbursement by the institution itself as a health-care centres. ”

These clinics, a comprehensive and coordinated approach, especially for patients suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease. It is estimated that 80 percent of health care costs are spent on people who suffer from chronic diseases.

Pawlenty has asked the legislature to simplify the concept, apparently after hearing the concerns of some health care providers in rural areas or small independent clinics, fear that it may not have sufficient resources to compete with the greatest such as health systems and Allina Health Partners.

He asked to see the funding options for change - about $ 40 to $ 60 million per year - is not compatible with the state health system Access Fund, financed by a levy of 2 per cent service Medical.

The Governor is not directly involved with the proposals contained in the bills expand Minnesota Care, the insurance program lower income Minnesotans, or include those who are already qualified but are not registered.

“Initially, he agreed that spending Health Care Access Monetary Fund register persons entitled to Minnesota Care, but it seems to change its position on the” Berglin said.

Minnesota has the lowest rate of uninsured people by a State, about 7.2 per cent. Among those for half of Minnesota Care “and they Joined would be a great step towards universal health coverage,” she says.

The governor has criticized the cost and volume of invoices and the Conference Committee, who said he wants the legislature to focus on reducing costs for care of people with insurance before the development of public programs to ensure that all insurance.

In den letzten Monaten die Gelegenheit hatte ich zu einem Besuch der ganzen Gemeinden in Staat zu sprechen Health Care Issues. Was ich gefunden haben, ist, dass Minneso-bräunt in jedem Winkel und des Staates Walk of Life strug-gling sind mit der schweren Belastung der Gesundheitssysteme. Es ist ein Problem für Tausende von Mittelklasse-Familien, kleine und Unternehmen Bauern.

Minnesotans verstehen, dass steigende Kosten im Gesundheitswesen sind am Ende der unteren nagende E-conomic Unsicherheit wir alle fühlen.

Zu Beginn mit, die Gesundheitsversorgung ist eine für unerschwinglich rasch wachsende Zahl von Minnesota fam-ilies. Ein kürzlich veröffentlichter Bericht von FAM-ilies USA deutet darauf hin, dass jeder fünfte Minnesotans - mehr als 1 Mil-lionen von uns - zahlen sich mehr als 10 Prozent unseres Einkommens für die Gesundheitsversorgung. Fast Quartal ein Millionen mit Minnesotans Versicherungsgesellschaften zahlen 25 Prozent mehr als ihres Einkommens für das Gesundheitswesen!

Und obwohl Minnesota Ränge in der Nähe von Anfang an der Zahl der Versicherten, die für die Folgen Tausenden, die keine Versicherung sind say. Ein weiterer Familien USA Umfrage sagt uns, dass im drei erwerbsfähigen Alter, Minne-sotans sterben jede Woche aufgrund fehlender Krankenversicherung. Dies zurückzuführen ist auf die Tatsache, dass das nicht ohne versicherte oft Vorführungen präventiven Leistungen und zu zu, und sie verzögern oder verzichten auf die medizinische Versorgung benötigt.

Zum Beispiel, versicherte Frauen sind nicht mehr wesentlich-li kely diagnostiziert zu werden mit Vor-ced Stadium Brustkrebs als Frauen mit privaten Versicherungen.

Die Notwendigkeit für eine Lösung ist sinnvolle dringend notwendig. Anfang dieses Monats, dem Haus seinen Gesundheitsreform Rechnung, einen Plan zur Umwandlung Minnesota Gesundheitssystem durch Senkung der Kosten, die Gesundheitsversorgung mehr leisten können mit Minnesotans Versicherung, zur Verlängerung cov-Durchschnitt auf der nicht versicherten, und die Veränderung des Gesundheitswesens sys-tem, so dass es den Bedürfnissen der Patienten, nicht Versicherung Pläne oder Bürokraten.

Eines der Komponenten aufregendsten dieses Pakets besteht darin, dass wir könnten eigentlich ein Gesundheitssystem in unserem Staat, zahlt sich die Menschen heilen-thy. Statt Stretching Gesundheitsversorgung Dollar zur Deckung der teuren Behandlungen und Verfahren, dieser Plan würde Belohnung Fachkräfte of Gesundheitswesens zu helfen, Krankheiten zu verhindern, dass in the first place - Bereitstellung eines erheblichen Kosteneinsparungen.

Bei chronischen Erkrankungen und wie Adipositas Diabetes-Konto für bis zu 83 Prozent der im Ausgaben Gesundheitssektor, ist es offensichtlich, dass der beste Weg zur Senkung der Gesamtkosten ist zu helfen Minnesotans mit chronischen Krankheiten verwalten ihre Gesundheit.

Ein weiterer wichtiger ist Bestandteil die Festlegung einer klaren Standard, der Mittelklasse-Familien zahlen sollten nicht mehr als 6 Prozent 8 Prozent auf ihrer jährlichen Einnahmen für das Gesundheitswesen. Ein Schwerpunkt über den Abbau von administrativen Kosten, die Verbesserung der Pflege, wie ergangen, und die Verringerung Rauchen Fettleibigkeit werden und des Preises Senkung für Krankenversicherung und machen es für jedermann erschwinglich.

Neue Partnerschaften privaten und zwischen öffentlichen Arbeitgebern helfen kann Minnesotans Brücke verbleibende Lücke tatsächlichen zwischen den Kosten der Gesundheit und die Abdeckung Erschwinglichkeit Standard.

Das Haus Gesundheitsversorgung Paket finanziell gefördert wird von der Health-Care Access Fund. Diese sich selbst tragenden Fund wurde im Jahr 1992 zur Verwaltung der MinnesotaCare Programm, das entwickelt wurde, um Low-Cost-Gesundheitsfürsorge für die Minnesotans und zur Förderung bestimmter Tätigkeiten im Zusammenhang mit Gesundheits-Zugang. Der Fund erhält seine Einnahmen aus Steuern Provider (einschließlich Krankenhäusern, OP-Zentren Gesundheits-und anderen Anbietern), Prämien für MinnesotaCare enrollees, 1 Prozent Bruttoprämien-Steuer, Bundes und-Matching Funds.

Es ist für den Erfolg entscheidend dieser Reform, dass der Plan HCAF nach wie vor intakt. Zwischen den Geschäftsjahren 2004 und 2007 wurden insgesamt $ 486 Millionen aus dem Health Care Access Fund-wurde in den Allgemeinen Fund, die zur Bewältigung of Haushaltsdefizits. Als Folge Tausende von Minnesotans verloren ihre MinnesotaCare Abdeckung, darunter 68000 Kinder.

Auch in diesem Jahr, dem Governor möchten nutzen zu diesen Fund füllen helfen, das Haushaltsdefizit, ein Ansatz, den ich stimme überhaupt nicht mit. In einer Zeit, in einer steigenden Zahl von Minnesotans besorgt sind über die Gesundheitsversorgung, diesen Fund zu verwenden für ihre ursprüngliche Absicht - Gesundheitswesen.

Der Schrei laute nach Gesundheitsreform ist aus und Republikaner Demokraten, von Stadt-, Vorort-und ländlichen Familien, von Arbeits-und Business-Gruppen, HMOs und medizinische Dienstleister. Die Menschen werden immer sicker und in einigen Fällen sterben, weil staatliche Entscheidungsträger haben, fehlte der Wille, die Energie, oder das Mitgefühl, um unsere Gesundheitssystem.

Die Zeit für politische und Manöver Ideologie ist längst Vergangenheit, müssen wir jetzt handeln, Gesetze erlassen zu, dass diese Reformen werden transformieren Minnesota’s Gesundheitssystem.

Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, Minnesota ist Mitglied der Haus und ist Vorsitzender des Hauses Health and Human Services Policy Committee.