Medicaid Expansion – Minnesota

Expanded Medicaid a lifesaver for rural poor in Minn., By Tom Robertson, March 14, 2011, Minnesota Public Radio: “Sweeping changes to the Medicaid program in Minnesota this month have expanded health coverage for tens of thousands of low-income adults. For many of those people in Greater Minnesota, the expansion of Medicaid means they’ll be able to access health care closer to home. That’s good news to Jacque Morrow, 43, a homeless woman who sometimes seeks shelter at the People’s Church in Bemidji. Morrow and other rural clients who were covered under General Assistance Medical Care – adults without children with incomes at or below 75 percent of the federal poverty guideline – struggled to access health care. That’s because under the old program, they could only be treated at one of four hospitals – all in the Twin Cities…”