Health Care

                                    COACT’S HEALTH CAMPAIGN AND VICTORIES

                      COACT serves as headquarters for the

Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition*

The Coalition (MUHCC) is unions, citizens, doctors, nurses, farmers, business owners, and retirees working together for the single-payer Minnesota Health Plan for all Minnesotans.

 

UNIVERSAL
√ comprehensive
√ good quality
√ affordable
√ allows choice of providers;
 

COMPREHENSIVE
√ all medically necessary services
√ primary and preventive
√ prescription drugs
√ mental health services
√ chemical dependency treatment
√ medical equipment
√ dental
√ long-term care
√ home care services.

 

 *COALITION MEMBERS:
*Minnesota COACT
*Minnesota Nurses Association
*Nat’l Assoc. of Social Workers- MN
*MN Indep. Field Staff & Clerical Assoc.
*Network of Spiritual Progressives
*Physicians for Nat’l Health Program
*Metro Independent Business 
Alliance                                     
*Minnesota Farmers Union
*League of Women Voters
*Independent Business Owners
*Int’l Brotherh’d Electrical Workers #110
*Minnesota Green Party
*Minnesota Senior Federation
*United Food & Commercial Workers #789
*MN Assoc. of Professional Employees
*Older Women’s League (OWL)
 

The Minnesota Health Plan passed four committees and has 74 legislators (1/3 of the legislature) signed on so far.

The Minnesota Health Plan will have (1) regional boards to develop budgets to meet the medical needs of the region’s residents; (2) a state board which will use the regional budgets to develop a state budget; and (3) a dedicated Minnesota Health Care Trust Fund to fund the program to which everyone contributes to make it affordable for all.

  • Excess capacity is cut by budgeting expensive equipment to prevent costly duplication and overlap among hospitals in the region. 

  •  Administrative waste is cut by one administrator paying the hospital and doctor bills.

  •  The 20 to 30 percent administrative waste of HMOs and insurance companies is     eliminated.

Chief authors of the Health Plan bill (SF118/HF135) are Senator John Marty and Representative David Bly with 1/3 of the legislators (74) signed on as co-authors so far.

 

 Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition, 2469 University Avenue, W150, St. Paul www.muhcc.org, 651-641-4073