Major funding cuts to the Medicaid program are being discussed at the federal level with the potential for Minnesota to lose billions of dollars over the next decade. These are some of the faces of Minnesota’s Medicaid program, called Medical Assistance: the Minnesotans enrolled, their families, the health care providers and county workers impacted by this critical health insurance program.
Licensed social worker and community advocate, Bluestone Physician Services, and former Medical Assistance enrollee
Mother of a daughter with disabilities enrolled in Medical Assistance
Program manager, Olmsted County
Parents of child with disabilities enrolled in Medical Assistance
Medical Assistance enrollee with spina bifida and hydrocephalus
Former Medical Assistance enrollee and parent of enrolled adult children
Chief equity officer, Walz-Flanagan Administration, and former Medical Assistance enrollee
Public health professional, birth doula and former Medical Assistance enrollee
Navigator, Indian Health Board, and parent and caregiver to children enrolled in Medical Assistance
Communications supervisor for Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare, DHS, and former Medical Assistance enrollee
Financial assistance manager, Western Prairie Human Services
Social worker, Hennepin County Human Services
Executive director, Indigenous Legacies
Adult mental health case manager, Sherburne County
Retired internal medicine specialist
Statewide Director of Behavioral Health, Lutheran Social Services
Quality assurance director, Northwood Children’s Services
Clinical training specialist, Fernbrook Family Center
President and CEO, Minnesota Hospital Association
Obstetrician, gynecologist and division chair
Essentia Health
Family medicine physician, CentraCare, and chair, Minnesota Medical Association Board of Trustees
Director, Stearns County Human Services, Family and Children’s Division
Clinical services manager, Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
