Jun 232010
Connecticut became the first state to expand its Medicaid program to cover low-income single adults as permitted under the Affordable Care Act. You may recall that Minnesota’s political leaders debated implementing a similar expansion, but ultimately left the decision up to the governor, who just announced that Minnesota will not expand Medicaid while he remains in office. The next governor will have to decide the matter. It’s frustrating to see other states pioneering this expansion while Minnesota, usually a leader in making health care access, sits on the sidelines because of petty politics. Hopefully, our inaction will only last until January (assuming the DFL can get through the upcoming primary without eating itself alive).
