EXPLAINER: When Medicaid Changes Come Home to Minnesota (with flyer)

With the levels of misunderstanding about the systems we rely on day-to-day when we get hospital and clinic care, this Explainer is the first in a series designed to help people understand how the government — and the people we elect to it — serve the common good with the decisions they make about policy and funding priorities. #1: What Minnesotans

By: Mikki Morrissette

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 2,042

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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A few years ago, I overheard a conversation between a business owner and her employee. The owner said people who are relying on government-funded insurance needed to be cut so they stop being a drain on small business owners like herself. The employee, kindly, pointed out that her medical coverage (she seemed to have a disability) was state-funded. The owner said no, she has her own insurance. The employee, again gently, explained that …

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