Important updates from Allina Health

Minnesota’s future depends on a healthy, thriving population and a health care system that works for everyone. For decades, Minnesota’s nonprofit hospitals have been the safety net that ensures every Minnesotan – no matter their income, location, or insurance status – has access to high-quality care.

While Medicaid under-reimburses hospitals at just 68 cents for every dollar, it is still an important funding source, currently providing health insurance coverage to more than 1.3 million Minnesotans. It is critical we protect this resource or risk our most vulnerable populations no longer having access to insurance.

Medicaid

• Covers 500,000+ Minnesota children – ensuring they get preventive care and treatment 
• Funds nearly 50% of all long-term care in Minnesota 
• Provides coverage for 1 in 3 births in our state 
• Brings $11.7 billion in federal health care dollars to Minnesota annually 
• Supports 327,000 Minnesotans through Medicaid expansion

Federal Medicaid funding at risk

• Congress continues to take steps toward cutting federal funding for health care. Recently, the House passed legislation that significantly impacts Medicaid. The bill now heads to the Senate where we expect to see additional changes. Medicaid is a critical program that needs to be protected. 
• Preliminary estimates from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, who administers the state Medicaid program, are that Minnesota would lose about $1.4 to $1.6 billion per year in federal Medicaid funding. 
• In 2024 at Allina Health, 17% of all care encounters were with patients covered by Medicaid.
• This critical program faces unprecedented threats that would strip health care from vulnerable Minnesotans, devastate our health care system, and shift massive costs to our state.