Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF3478 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A resolution
2	2	1.2 urging the President and Congress to fully fund Medicaid and oppose harmful cuts to
3	3	1.3 this crucial and much-needed program.
4	4	1.4 WHEREAS, rising health care costs and the threat of cuts to Medicaid, which provides vital
5	5	1.5services to 1.2 million Minnesotans, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities, are
6	6	1.6one of the most pressing issues facing our state; and
7	7	1.7 WHEREAS, one in five Minnesotans get their health care through Medicaid and
8	8	1.8MinnesotaCare. Medicaid covers about 1.2 million Minnesotans, more than Medicare and more
9	9	1.9than any single commercial insurer; and
10	10	1.10 WHEREAS, Medicaid covers services for 41 percent of children in Minnesota and is the
11	11	1.11primary source of payment for those needing long-term care services, such as nursing home services;
12	12	1.12and
13	13	1.13 WHEREAS, Medicaid covers three out of ten births in Minnesota, and has an even greater
14	14	1.14impact on the Black and American Indian communities, covering eight out of ten Black births and
15	15	1.15nine out of ten American Indian births; and
16	16	1.16 WHEREAS, Minnesota has been a leader in providing access to health care and now faces
17	17	1.17serious risk from the drastic and unworkable Medicaid funding reductions proposed in the federal
18	18	1.18budget. Deep or severe cuts to this crucial program would be devastating for Minnesotans,
19	19	1.19jeopardizing care for vulnerable populations and undermining already lean areas of service that the
20	20	1.20legislature has been working to make more efficient for many years; and
21	21	1.21 WHEREAS, under current Medicaid financing and waiver structures, Minnesota has achieved
22	22	1.22improved outcomes through innovation and efficiency, including helping people with disabilities
23	23	1.23live more independently. Deep cuts would threaten this progress and severely strain the state budget,
24	24	1.24with no alternative funding to offset the loss of federal dollars; and
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27	27	SENATE
28	28	STATE OF MINNESOTA
29	29	S.F. No. 3478NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	(SENATE AUTHORS: BOLDON, Mann, Murphy, Maye Quade and Wiklund)
31	31	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
32	32	Introduction and first reading05/05/2025
33	33	Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 WHEREAS, health care is a major employer in our state, including in rural Minnesota.
34	34	2.2Reductions in already-low payment rates would limit access to care, reduce compensation and
35	35	2.3services, and significantly harm rural economies and the rapidly growing aging population in Greater
36	36	2.4Minnesota; and
37	37	2.5 WHEREAS, Medicaid is a reflection of our shared responsibility to care for older adults,
38	38	2.6people with disabilities and mental health needs, children, and low-income families, and harmful
39	39	2.7federal funding reductions undermine that responsibility and threaten the health, stability, and
40	40	2.8dignity of those who rely on this essential program; NOW, THEREFORE,
41	41	2.9 BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President
42	42	2.10of the United States and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress to fully fund Medicaid
43	43	2.11and oppose harmful cuts to this crucial and much-needed program.
44	44	2.12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is directed
45	45	2.13to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States, the
46	46	2.14President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United
47	47	2.15States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.
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