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State Representative Matt Dean
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-3018
For more information contact: House GOP Communications 651-296-5520
PRESS RELEASE
DEAN OFFERS AMENDMENT TO FUND MINNESOTA HOSPITALS: Would restore $100 million in payments to cover care for poor
ST PAUL - State Representative Matt Dean [R-Dellwood] this week authored a proposal to fund hospitals to better provide care for disadvantaged Minnesotans under the General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) program. The amendment - offered to Rep. Tom Huntley’s House File 1571 - would fund $100,000,000 of care to poor Minnesotans in the way of direct payments to hospitals for caring for people who cannot afford to pay.
“I fully realize that we need to provide care for these folks,” said Dean. “However, the current system is bogged down with bureaucracy, waste, fraud and abuse.” Dean submitted that even if the state was in surplus he would still vote to reform the GAMC program. “This system does not address the real needs of Minnesota hospitals. We need real reform.”
The Governor’s plan to address GAMC would save $170,000,000. Dean’s amendment would absorb about 2/3 of that amount and send it to Minnesota hospitals. For those who could lose their prior GAMC coverage, Dean anticipates that 75% of GAMC recipients would be eligible for coverage under MNCare.
Background Facts:
2008-2009 GMAC cost: $550,000,000
2010-2011 GAMC cost: $748,000,000 (35% increase)
GAMC is state funded only.
No loss of federal money with cuts to program.
Democrat list of cuts takes no account of mitigating factors.
Other taxpayer funded programs:
Medicaid (MA) poor, disabled
Social Security
Medicare (elderly)
General Assistance (single poor)
Minnesota care (Adults with children, children, some adults without children)
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