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Medicaid advocates call on Minnesota lawmakers to take action before session ends
- More than 1 million Minnesotans are enrolled in Medicaid, a health insurance program for low-income and disabled individuals.
- Medicaid advocates warn that aspects of H.R. 1 effective in 2027 will cause people to lose coverage due to new work requirements, frequent eligibility checks, and shorter retroactive coverage periods.
- Matt Anderson states that reducing retroactive coverage from three months to one or two months will cause $27 million in uncovered medical care annually in Minnesota.
- Sheila Kennedy says the Medicaid policy change could lead to delayed or no care, higher costs, and worse outcomes for patients.
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Medicaid advocates call on Minnesota lawmakers to take action before session ends
ST. PAUL — As the Minnesota Legislature’s 2026 session nears the finish line, Medicaid access advocates spoke at the Capitol on Wednesday, May 6, about what state lawmakers can do to mitigate upcoming changes to Medicaid laid out in the federal H.R. 1, signed into law last July. “This bill may read as a policy change,” said Sheila Kennedy, medical director of Southside Community Health Services in Minneapolis, “but in our clinic, it translates t…
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