Who we are
Drs. Elizabeth Frost and Ann Settgast (right) started the state chapter in 2007. It now has nearly one-thousand physician and provider members. Read more.
Chapter Resolution
Are you a Minnesota health care provider who supports single payer? If so, please read and sign our resolution now.
Local Single-Payer News
Check out our blog for local updates and Minnesota news.
The MN Health Plan (MnHP) would be a single, statewide plan that would cover all Minnesotans for all their medical needs.
Website: www.mnhealthplan.org
Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured
As much as we would like to join the celebration of the passage of the health bill, in good conscience we cannot. We take no comfort in seeing aspirin dispensed for the treatment of cancer.
Instead of eliminating the root of the problem - the profit-driven, private health insurance industry - this costly new legislation will enrich and further entrench these firms. The bill would require millions of Americans to buy private insurers' defective products, and turn over to them vast amounts of public money.
The hype surrounding the new health bill is belied by the facts ...
Chapter Events
Click here to see what is happening with single payer in Minnesota.
Single-Payer Summer Celebration with Wendell Potter
June 21, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Please join PNHP and HCAMn for the fourth annual single-payer summer celebration!
Enjoy a festive evening with live music, dinner, a silent auction, and an after-dinner talk by special guest, Wendell Potter.
Click here for more information
Cost and Economic Impact Analysis of a Single-Payer Plan in Minnesota
On March 28, 2012 the Lewin Group released a new fiscal analysis of single payer in Minnesota. The study found that total state health spending would be reduced by nearly 9% under a
single-payer plan. The savings are achieved despite covering the 262,000 Minnesotans who would remian uninsured under the Affordable Care Act.
Executive Summary from Growth & Justice
Final Report: Cost and Economic Impact Analysis of a Single-Payer Plan in Minnesota
Commentary from The Star Tribune on the study:
The case for universal care at the state level
The Business Initiative
The Minnesota Health Plan is more than a moral imperative, it will stimulate the economy and help businesses large and small. Click here for more information.
Are you a business owner? If so click here to lend your support now.