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Minnesota. The Minnesota house has approved cuts to state health and welfare programs, in an attempt to erase a $5 billion deficit without increasing state taxes. The bill would eliminate a Medicaid expansion for 100,000 adults, coverage would expire for 7,200 adults under MinnesotaCare, and give other MinnesotaCare enrollees subsidies to buy private health insurance. In addition, the state legislature is considering a plan to provide vouchers to low-income state residents to buy health care coverage in the private marketplace. State Republicans said that the voucher program would cap the state’s liability and provide low-income individuals with responsibility for their own care. For more information, visit http://www.leg.state.mn.us/.

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