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Fewer to get care with GAMC alteration

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 08:35 — Dave Culver
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  • Now only one hospital remains to offer coordinated care, with 3,500 slots for 18,000 low-income adults.
  • Pawlenty Orders Minnesota Not To Apply For Federal Health Care Reform Money


Warren Wolfe, Minneapolis Star Tribune | MN

Because of a change made by state officials Wednesday (September 1), about 2,500 fewer people will get coordinated care in medical clinics taking part in a program for Minnesota's poorest and sickest patients.

Instead, those patients will need to find clinics that offer charity care, wait for a medical emergency so they can get free care in any hospital emergency room, or go without.

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Related:

Pawlenty Orders Minnesota Not To Apply For Federal Health Care Reform Money, Eric Kleefeld, Talking Points Memo

  • Pawlenty's order contains various points of explanation, taken right from Republican arguments against the new law.
  • Playing politics with the peoples health. This move to swear off federal health care money could be worth a lot -- namely, a potential gain of five points in the Iowa caucuses in 2012.

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