HF 12

as introduced - 94th Legislature, 2025 1st Special Session (2025 - 2025) Posted on 06/09/2025 10:40pm

A resolution
urging the President and Congress to fully fund Medicaid and oppose harmful cuts to
this crucial and much-needed program.

WHEREAS, rising health care costs and the threat of cuts to Medicaid, which provides vital
services to 1.2 million Minnesotans, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities, are
one of the most pressing issues facing our state; and

WHEREAS, one in five Minnesotans get their health care through Medicaid and
MinnesotaCare. Medicaid covers about 1.2 million Minnesotans, more than Medicare and more
than any single commercial insurer; and

WHEREAS, Medicaid covers services for 41 percent of children in Minnesota and is the
primary source of payment for those needing long-term care services, such as nursing home services;
and

WHEREAS, Medicaid covers three out of ten births in Minnesota, and has an even greater
impact on the Black and American Indian communities, covering eight out of ten Black births and
nine out of ten American Indian births; and

WHEREAS, Minnesota has been a leader in providing access to health care and now faces
serious risk from the drastic and unworkable Medicaid funding reductions proposed in the federal
budget. Deep or severe cuts to this crucial program would be devastating for Minnesotans,
jeopardizing care for vulnerable populations and undermining already lean areas of service that the
legislature has been working to make more efficient for many years; and

WHEREAS, under current Medicaid financing and waiver structures, Minnesota has achieved
improved outcomes through innovation and efficiency, including helping people with disabilities
live more independently. Deep cuts would threaten this progress and severely strain the state budget,
with no alternative funding to offset the loss of federal dollars; and

WHEREAS, health care is a major employer in our state, including in rural Minnesota.
Reductions in already-low payment rates would limit access to care, reduce compensation and
services, and significantly harm rural economies and the rapidly growing aging population in Greater
Minnesota; and

WHEREAS, Medicaid is a reflection of our shared responsibility to care for older adults,
people with disabilities and mental health needs, children, and low-income families, and harmful
federal funding reductions undermine that responsibility and threaten the health, stability, and
dignity of those who rely on this essential program; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President
of the United States and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress to fully fund Medicaid
and oppose harmful cuts to this crucial and much-needed program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is directed
to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States, the
President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.