Health Care

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A healthier Minnesota starts with affordable health care

The ability to afford health care shouldn’t depend on someone’s paycheck or address. Our state has a history of investing in health care, healthy communities, and the well-being of Minnesotans. That’s paid off in strong rates of health care coverage. But there’s more to do, including dismantling barriers to living healthy lives that many people of color and people in rural areas face.

Our health care work focuses on the effects of state and federal health care policies on Minnesotans’ ability to live healthy lives and get the care they need to thrive.

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In 2024 session, policymakers progress toward improving health care and child care

May 29, 2024 • Jessie Luévano
Child Care, Health Care, Minnesota Budget

While 2024 was not a budget-setting year for the state, policymakers made use of the limited resources they had to build on last year’s transformational investments and took steps to set the state up for a brighter future. This blog takes a look at the policy and budget decisions made this year to make affordable health care and child care available to more Minnesotans.

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Decisions in session’s final days should strengthen health care and child care for Minnesotans

May 14, 2024 • Jessie Luévano
Child Care, Health Care, Minnesota Budget

In 2023, policymakers made transformational budget investments for the well-being of Minnesotans and their families. While 2024 is not a budget-setting year for the state, there are policy decisions at play in the final days of the legislative session that could set the stage for further progress next year.

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