SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Thursday, Senator Lindsey Port (DFL-Burnsville) and members of the Senate Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability visited Northfield to meet with Minnesotans and learn about the strain of rising insurance and healthcare costs.
Following the meeting, Senator Port released the following statement:
“Healthcare is a human right, and it is infuriating to hear from and about Minnesotans making painful choices between seeking basic care and paying their other bills. The cost of insurance, medication and care is rising at unsustainable rates, and yet our health outcomes aren’t getting any better. Something is broken. We are doing our part in Minnesota, including investing hundreds of millions of dollars to stabilize the market and keep costs down for households and small businesses. Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington don’t care: Instead of extending a tax credit to protect affordable health insurance, they cut costs for billionaires, and now they’ve shut down the government. Trump’s cuts to Medicaid will push another 140,000 Minnesotans onto a private insurance market many of them can’t afford.”
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