MUHCC Calls for the Restoration of General Assistance Medical Care
The Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition joins with Minnesota justice and faith organizations in calling for the reinstatement of General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC), a state funded health care program which provides health care for 35,000 of our state's poorest residents, 70% of whom have a mental illness and/or chemical dependency.
We find it mean-spirited and short-sighted to cut GAMC with a line item veto. Further, Governor Pawlenty's proposal to shift current GAMC recipients to MinnesotaCare is an inadequate short-term solution that will threaten the solvency of MinnesotaCare, insufficiently protect the GAMC recipients, and over burden our safety net hospitals.
Until we have a health plan such as the Minnesota Health Plan (SF 118/HF 135) which guarantees comprehensive health care for all Minnesotans, we must preserve the programs that provide care for the most vulnerable among us.
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