“Make no mistake, Reps. Erik Paulsen and Jason Lewis have put special interests ahead of their constituents by voting to sabotage affordable healthcare at every turn,”said DCCC Spokeswoman Rachel Irwin. “Paulsen and Lewis can’t run from their constant attacks on affordable healthcare and their votes to gut protections for those with pre-existing conditions like asthma, cancer and diabetes. Every single Minnesota Republican, including Pete Stauber and Jim Hagedorn, who have fully embraced the GOP agenda on raising healthcare costs, will be held accountable this November.”
Number of Minnesotans without health insurance grows by 18,000 | Star Tribune
The number of Minnesotans without health insurance rose last year for the first time since 2013, when the Affordable Care Act took full effect, according to a U.S. Census report that was closely watched because of the continuing battle over the law’s legacy.
Some 243,000 Minnesotans lacked health insurance last year, an increase of 18,000 people from 2016, the bureau said in a report released Wednesday morning.
Still, at just 4.5 percent, Minnesota has one of the lowest uninsured rates in the country. Nationwide, the uninsured rate leveled off at 8.8 percent, or 28.5 million people.
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