2007 Minnesota Statutes

62J.015 PURPOSE.
The legislature finds that the staggering growth in health care costs is having a devastating
effect on the health and cost of living of Minnesota residents. The legislature further finds that
the number of uninsured and underinsured residents is growing each year and that the cost of
health care coverage for our insured residents is increasing annually at a rate that far exceeds
the state's overall rate of inflation.
The legislature further finds that it must enact immediate and intensive cost containment
measures to limit the growth of health care expenditures, reform insurance practices, and finance
a plan that offers access to affordable health care for our permanent residents by capturing dollars
now lost to inefficiencies in Minnesota's health care system.
The legislature further finds that controlling costs is essential to the maintenance of the many
factors contributing to the quality of life in Minnesota: our environment, education system,
safe communities, affordable housing, provision of food, economic vitality, purchasing power,
and stable population.
It is, therefore, the intent of the legislature to lay a new foundation for the delivery and
financing of health care in Minnesota and to call this new foundation the MinnesotaCare Act.
History: 1992 c 549 art 1 s 1; 1993 c 247 art 4 s 11; 1994 c 625 art 8 s 72