Who we are
Drs. Elizabeth Frost and Ann Settgast (right) started the state chapter in 2007. It now has nearly one-thousand physician and provider members. Read more.
Chapter Resolution
Are you a Minnesota health care provider who supports single payer? If so, please read and sign our resolution now.
Local Single-Payer News
Check out our blog for local updates and Minnesota news.
Press release regarding the Supreme Court decision:
Health law upheld, but Minnesota health needs remain unmet
Click here to read our joint press release with Health Care for All-Minnesota.
The MN Health Plan (MnHP) would be a single, statewide plan that would cover all Minnesotans for all their medical needs.
Website: www.mnhealthplan.org
Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured
As much as we would like to join the celebration of the passage of the health bill, in good conscience we cannot. We take no comfort in seeing aspirin dispensed for the treatment of cancer.
Instead of eliminating the root of the problem - the profit-driven, private health insurance industry - this costly new legislation will enrich and further entrench these firms. The bill would require millions of Americans to buy private insurers' defective products, and turn over to them vast amounts of public money.
The hype surrounding the new health bill is belied by the facts ...
Chapter Events
Click here to see what is happening with single payer in Minnesota.
Tickets available now for the 2013 Summer Celebration!
This year's Single Payer Summer Celebration will be a bit of a departure from previous years. We are excited to welcome back Michael Milligan for a performance of Mercy Killers, a one man play about struggling with health insurance in the land of plenty. The trailer can be viewed here.
Click here to become an event sponsor, or to purchase regular-price tickets today!
Cost and Economic Impact Analysis of a Single-Payer Plan in Minnesota
On March 28, 2012 the Lewin Group released a new fiscal analysis of single payer in Minnesota. The study found that total state health spending would be reduced by nearly 9% under a
single-payer plan. The savings are achieved despite covering the 262,000 Minnesotans who would remian uninsured under the Affordable Care Act.
Executive Summary from Growth & Justice
Final Report: Cost and Economic Impact Analysis of a Single-Payer Plan in Minnesota
Commentary from The Star Tribune on the study:
The case for universal care at the state level