Minnesota Expansion Vetoed

Posted by Merrill Matthews in Health Care, Minnesota on May 22nd, 2008 | no responses

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Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.) wasted no time in vetoing health reform legislation passed by the legislature. In his veto message, Governor Pawlenty cited a number of important factors, including under-funding of the proposed program expansions, government crowd- out of private coverage, and no proposal to provide cost savings.

The bill, House File 3391, included the following provisions:

• An expansion of MinnesotaCare by lifting the $50,000 income limit;
• Encouraging patients to have a "medical home";
• Subsidized coverage for incomes up to $81,000 for a family of four;
• Defining affordability of coverage between 5-10 percent of income;
• New, richer benefit plan designs;
• Required increase of information sharing between various state departments.

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