Minnesota Health Insurance
How healthy is living in Minnesota?
In 2007 Minnesota lost its designation as the healthiest state in which to live, being edged out by Vermont. Still, it's a most excellent place to live with top ten rankings in 12 of the 20 measurements taken by a health care foundation.
Minnesota leads the nation in the fewest mental health days taken, fewest cardiovascular deaths and least premature deaths. It's also a good state to bring a baby into the world as only one other state ranks higher for low infant mortality.
Minnesota drops into the bottom 25 rankings in only two categories: it places 41st in combating binge drinking and 27th in, strangely enough, access to adequate prenatal care.
Minnesota's uninsured population grew from 7.9 percent to 9.2 in the last year, dropping it from its previous achievement as best in the nation down to number 4. Part of this may be due to cutbacks in MinnesotaCare, a state progam for children and others in poverty.
See the United Health Foundation's latest findings on Minnesota.
Does Minnesota have a risk pool for the uninsurable?
Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association
Toll-free 1-866-894-8053
Risk pools are state-sponsored programs to help people with a history of medical problems in their family to purchase coverage. These pools are for people who can afford to buy health insurance, but are not able to get underwritten in the private market because of a pre-existing health condition. These programs can vary significantly from state-to-state in price, benefits and number of people served. Often insurance companies doing business in the state are required to contribute to the poolto keep it in the black. In the best cases they allow people to be able to switch jobs or become self-employed without the fear of losing their health insurance coverage. Find more on risk pools here.
Cover The Uninsured's guide on finding health insurance in Minnesota
Cover The Uninsured is a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. Read more information on its efforts. It is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Cover The Uninsured's facts on the uninsured in Minnesota.
- Its guide on how to find health insurance in Minnesota.
- Materiales En Español -- Guías para encontrar cobertura de seguro de salud.
Georgetown University's Guide to Health Insurance in Minnesota
Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute has researched and written state-by-state guides for finding and keeping health insurance. It updates these guides as federal and state policies change. A number of non-profit organizations contribute to funding its research. Find more on the Health Policy Institute.
News headlines on Minnesota health insurance
Find the most recent headlines on health insurance in Minnesota at Google News or Yahoo News.
Want single-payer health care? Concerned about the uninsured?
Contact your elected officials about health care issues
Contact your federal officials. Phone calls are best. Faxes are good, too. Since 9-11 postal mail creates long delays, and many members of Congress simply do not take e-mail seriously -- however, since e-mail is so easy it doesn't hurt to do that, too. Members of the Senate and Congress will usually ignore any correspondence that is not from their district, so its not desirable to blanket e-mail them (this type of abuse is why many do not view it favorably). The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a guide on how to contact your elected officials, including a valuable list of dos and dont's.
- Contact the White House
Phone: toll free 1-800-671-7887 (ask for the Comment Line)
FAX: 1 202-456-2461 (fax)
E-mail:comments@whitehouse.gov
- Find contact information on your U.S. Representative
Locate by using your ZIP Code
Or if you know who your representative is, simply call the Capitol Switchboard toll-free at 1-800-962-3524
- Senator Norm Coleman
PHONE: 202-224-5641 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-1152 (DC office)
Local offices
Contact by E-mail
- Senator Amy Klobuchar
PHONE: 202-224-3244 (DC office)
FAX: 202-224-228-2186 (DC office)
Local offices
Contact by E-mail
- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty
130 State Capitol
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
PHONE: (651) 296-3391 or toll-free 1-800-657-3717
FAX:(651) 296-2089
Contact by e-mail
- Contact your Minnesota State Senator and State Representative
USNews health insurance rankings for Minnesota
US News does an annual ranking of what it considers the best health insurance plans in each state. Visit its reports on various health insurance or medical insurance plans being offered in Minnesota.
Official State Goverment Sites with Minnesota Health Insurance Information
State of Minnesota Department of Health -- The State of Minnesota's department of health provides information on health insurance.
Office of Attorney General Lori Swanson -- Heatlh care information and resources for health insurance consumers from the state's attorney general.
MinnesotaCare --Basic health care coverage for low-income Minnesotans through publicly subsidized health care assistance program.
Medicaid -- Facts on Minnesota and Medicaid.
The Sage Screening Program (formerly the Minnesota Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program) --free mammogram screening and follow-up services to uninsured and underinsured women.
Who's Who in Health Care -- A resource Guide for Minnesotans provides an introduction to health care insurance, and more specifically managed care. It provides an overview of what managed care is and what techniques are used to "manage" health care.
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