(Citizens Organized ACting Together):

 Minnesota COACT is a statewide, direct action, citizens organization of 12,000 members which educates and organizes people to empower themselves to take action in the democratic process on social justice issues, which are single-payer universal health care and family farm survival.     

Incorporated in 1979 as a 501c4, membership-run non-profit, COACT is the state’s oldest direct action citizens’ organization.  It is led by a board of directors elected by members at the annual membership meeting in October.  Board directors represent members in Metro, Central, and Northern Minnesota.  The sustainable membership level is $20.  A year-round phone canvass and a summer-autumn field canvass inform people on our issues work, which encourages them to become members and to renew their contributions.   

To accomplish systemic change, COACT works in the legislative process, which includes lobbying.  However, our COACT Education Foundation (CEF) is a non-lobbying 501c3 organization that educates the public on social justice issues to which citizens and foundations can make tax deductible donations and grants.   

 Our universal health care work includes the following projects:

 (1) Enactment of single-payer universal health care in our state.

 (2) Legislation to remove the state health programs- MinnesotaCare, Medical Assistance, and General Assistance Medical Care- from costly HMO administration of 20 percent and restoring them to direct administration by the Department of Human Services (DHS) at 5 percent.  Direct administration by DHS cuts excessive HMO administrative waste, which is a basic element of single-payer.

(3) Support for legislation that establishes a Health Commissioner’s working group with the mandate to design a universal health care system that provides comprehensive care and choice of provider.  Universal and comprehensive care and choice of providers are basic single-payer values. 

Our work for family farm survival includes the following:

 (1)  Protecting state statutes and policies that give local government the right to permit livestock feedlots based on what the citizens decide is best for their local economy and environment.  

 (2) Advocating for a “citizens’ amendment” to the Minnesota Constitution that returns the power of eminent domain to its original intent in the U.S. Constitution. 

See our poster on eminent domain.  Click here!

 COACT Newsletter headlines:

 Fighting health care inflation by removing HMOs from state programs with “deprivatization” bill; HMOs unable to restrain economic Frankenstein of health care inflation    

COACT working to keep power of eminent domain to original intent; Court ruling endangers public good  

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Here’s how you can help with a donation. 
 To donate, write your check to Minnesota COACT and send to

Minnesota COACT
2469 University Avenue West
W150
St. Paul, MN 55114

For a tax deduction, write your check to the COACT Education Foundation and send to the same address.

There are no high-paid lobbyists at COACT, only members like you.  Over 90% of our funding comes from individual donations.