Pat, I believe the Health Care Access Fund is still functioning, but instead of surpluses being used to expand coverage, it has been shifted to plug holes in ...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Jan 19, 2011 8:33 pm
The following is my analysis of some key features of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 with a focus on insurance industry...
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Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Jan 20, 2011 6:03 pm
On the 10:00 news tonight, KSTP reported on a proposal by health care "insurers"; to address Minnesota's health system. The head of the Minnesota Nurses...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Jan 28, 2011 9:11 pm
... 95,000 people enrolled in MN Medicaid to be further contracted out to the private insurers because its their most profitable line of business. The HMO CEOs...
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kthrnrbbns
Jan 29, 2011 6:07 pm
Uninsured Americans to Speaker Boehner: Will You Cry for Us? http://health.change.org/blog/view/uninsured_americans_to_speaker_boehne\ r_will_you_cry_for_us ...
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sheldon gitis
sgitis
Jan 30, 2011 1:03 am
What's going to change as a result of the State getting the additional Medicaid money? Isn't MN Care already contracted out to the HMOs? I think the only...
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jane strauss
rafismom
Jan 30, 2011 11:09 pm
FYI - those who are on SSDI and stuck with Medicare but cannot pay the $110 Part B and get it paid by the county do NOT have the option of HMO - we are stuck...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Jan 31, 2011 6:03 pm
Hi Everybody, Wondering if folks would be interested in brainstorming on how to expand publicly-operated Medicaid in Mn, esp given that many people we know...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Feb 3, 2011 11:32 pm
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Feb 4, 2011 8:45 pm
added another item to mtg agenda: 5.changing the visual landscape (banners,signs,frosted messages, etc)...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Feb 6, 2011 6:17 pm
-another agenda item:networking w/ teachers. the problem w/ education is health care costs. state HC budget is rapidly encroaching on the state k-12 budget. ...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Feb 11, 2011 8:53 pm
Hi Everybody, We decided at the UHCAN-MN mtg last monday to hold an Open Community Mtg to discuss the MN state budget deficit and how to solve it without...
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joel clemmer
joelgclemmer
Feb 13, 2011 10:04 pm
Joel and friends My track record of conflicts during UHCAN-MN meetings continues. Had I been able to attend the last meeting I would have briefed you on two...
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a.yeske@...
Feb 13, 2011 10:05 pm
Joel: It has been a rough winter and I'm still recovering from Strep. I thought you might be interested in the following if you haven't seen it yet: Release:...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Feb 20, 2011 10:38 pm
... Dear rights-based groups, faith-based congregations, labor unions, health care reform organizations, and other community-based grassroots groups and...
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Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Feb 26, 2011 6:20 pm
The Green Party of Minnesota sent Commissioner Lucinda Jesson a letter on February 3 advocating for direct fee-for-service enrollment of the 95,000 patients,...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Mar 1, 2011 9:17 pm
Hi Everyone, Someone asked for some background points to make in calling legislators, or letters by individuals or organizations to Gov Dayton, Lucinda Jesson...
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Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Mar 2, 2011 6:46 pm
Hooray! Connecticut beat us to the single-payer cost savings! I just received word from David Feinwachs that Connecticut's agency administering medical...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Mar 2, 2011 8:43 pm
Here is a draft letter i am submitting as a proposal that UHCAN-MN and Practitioners United MN send to the DHS Commissioner. It is particularly crucial given...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Mar 3, 2011 10:03 pm
Hi Everybody, Next UHCAN-MN mtg, monday March 7, 7:30pm, Walker Church, 3104 16th ave S., mpls (near Bloomingtom ave and lake Street), lower level Gallery. ...
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Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Mar 4, 2011 8:24 pm
I see there is a section on your agenda to brainstorm actions to take. I am going on March 12 to a town hall meeting my Republican Legislator is holding, and...
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Amber Garlan
agarlan@...
Mar 7, 2011 6:20 pm
Hi Joel, At the 4th CD/St. Paul Green Party membership meeting today, we voted not to sign on to this letter as a group, but individuals could sign on to this...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Mar 7, 2011 6:46 pm
See you at tonite's mtg. See 2 added agenda items. ... 6.Protestors disrupt United HealthGroup HMO Ceo Helmsley at U of MN last week....
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Bridget Fensholt
bfensholt@...
Mar 8, 2011 7:05 pm
Cool. Now we may have a precedent to refer to among the states. Hooray. B ... From: Diane J. Peterson To: uhcan-mn@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 01,...
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sheldon gitis
sgitis
Mar 10, 2011 7:47 pm
What exactly is Connecticut/Sen. Marty/UHCAN proposing? Â I think Sen. Marty is covered by Health Partners. Â Is Sen. Marty proposing to dump his Health...
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Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Mar 11, 2011 7:03 pm
This is in reply to Sheldon Gits. Connecticut, just like Minnesota, has a means to pay for the health care of low-income residents who cannot afford to pay for...
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sgitis
Mar 12, 2011 11:16 pm
So if fee-for-service is a great, cost-saving idea, will Sen. Marty, UHCAN, and the others pushing the idea propose switching all state-funded health care to...
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Joel Albers
joelmalbers
Mar 15, 2011 8:04 pm
Hi Sheldon, The question you pose about Medicaid reimbursement being too low if MN's privitized public health insurance programs are transferred to public back...
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Diane J. Peterson
birch7@...
Mar 19, 2011 4:50 pm
Shedon Gitis: My philosophy is that any population which we single-payer activists, Sen. Marty included, can get switched to fee-for-service in this...
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Bridget Fensholt
bfensholt@...
Mar 19, 2011 4:50 pm
Hi Joel, As a dentist I agree. I estimate that I could lower my fees 25% if I didn't have to process insurance paperwork. I stopped participating in Medical...
