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December 2003/Issue 8
MINNESOTACARE: MINNESOTAS
HEALTH CARE EXPANSION FOR
THE WORKING POOR
Enacted in 1992, the MinnesotaCare
program was established in response to a
growing concern over the number of
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American Hospital Association. The State of Hospitals Financial Health. Washington,
D.C.: American Hospital Association, 2002.
J. Edwards. et al. The Erosion of Employer-Based Health Coverage and the Threat to
Workers Health Care. The Commonwealth Fund, August 2002.
Institute of Medicine. Care Without Coverage: Too Little, Too Late. Committee on the
Consequences of Uninsurance, Board on Health Care Services. Washington, D.C.:
National Academy Press, 2002.
Institute of Medicine. Hidden Costs, Value Lost: Uninsurance in America. Washington,
D.C.: National Academy Press, 2003.
Malcolm, J.K., Uncompensated Health Care in Minnesota. An Interim Report to the
Legislature. St. Paul, Minnesota: Health Economics Program, Minnesota Department of
Health, 1999.
Minnesota Department of Human Services website, http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/
U.S. Census Bureau. Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2002. September,
2003. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthin02.html
The State Health Access Data Assistance Center at the University of Minnesota promotes
the effective use of available data to inform the debate on health coverage and access. A
complete account of this study has been published:
Blewett, Lynn A., Gestur Davidson, Margaret E. Brown, and Roland Maude-Griffin.
Hospital Provision of Uncompensated Care and Public Program Enrollment. Medical
Care Research and Review, December 2003, 60 (4), 509-27.
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) | University of Minnesota School of Public Health
612-624-4802 | fax: 612-624-1493 | www.shadac.org
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