Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and state Republican legislative leaders said they have produced a plan to break the impasse over providing health insurance for the state's poorest and sickest residents. To help repair a budget that's $1 billion out of balance, Pawlenty ended Minnesota's General Assistance Medical Care and moved recipients onto a program with less coverage and higher per-person costs. Pawlenty instructed the state Department of Human Services to shift about 32,000 current GAMC clients on April 1 to MinnesotaCare, an insurance program designed for lower-income working people and funded by premiums and a surcharge on healthcare providers and insurers. Legislative Democrats have hinted that GAMC advocates may file suit to block the program's elimination, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
John Commins is the news editor for HealthLeaders.
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