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