What is the Minnesota Health Plan?
The Minnesota Health Plan (MnHP) would be created by legislation (the Minnesota Health Act) now under consideration by the Minnesota Senate and House. The MHP would provide comprehensive health care for all residents of Minnesota in the most economically efficient means possible. It ensures that health care dollars are spent on health care, not on unnecessary administrative costs. The Minnesota Health Plan can be thought of as a single health care plan that covers everyone, from the Governor and CEOs to average wage earners. The financing of the Plan is based on what some people have described as a “single-payer” system, enabling us to control our run-away health care costs, while providing access to all needed medical care, including many types of care that are frequently not covered now, such as dental care and nursing home care. The chief author in the Senate is Senator John Marty. Information about the plan is available at: mnhealthplan.org.
