Gallup: Minnesota has nation’s third lowest uninsured rate

Minnesota has the third lowest number of residents lacking health insurance coverage, according to a survey by Gallup. The state ranks below Massachusetts and Vermont, two New England states that have instituted universal health care insurance programs. According to the survey, 9.4 percent of Minnesotans lack health insurance.

Despite district’s high rate of uninsured, Peterson voted against health reform

The rate of uninsured residents in Minnesota’s eight congressional districts is a good predictor of how members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on health care reform. But, according to data in a new report by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, there’s one glaring exception: Blue Dog Democrat and Seventh Congressional District Rep. Collin Peterson.

SurveyUSA: Given a ‘choice,’ 77 percent of Americans like public option

A new SurveyUSA poll released on Thursday shows a solid majority of Americans back a public option as part of health care reform. Seventy-seven percent said it was extremely important or quite important that health reform efforts include…

Study: One in five LGBT Minnesotans lacks health insurance

A new report released Thursday shows that one in five LGBT Minnesotans lack health insurance. PFund, a foundation committed to strengthening Minnesota’s LGBT community, commissioned the study (pdf) including a survey by Rainbow Health Initiative of 1,100 LGBT Minnesotans…

New study: One in three uninsured over last two years

A new study by Families USA found that one in three Americans, or 86.7 million people, lacked health insurance at some point in the last two years. The majority of those uninsured were employed with full-time jobs, and…

Poll: Americans want national health insurance plan

A majority of Americans want the government to issue national health insurance as opposed to insurance from private insurance companies, according to a New York Times/CBS poll released Monday. Government issued health insurance has become a hot issue…

Toward a new model of health care in the U.S.

Now that the ’06 elections have taken the muzzle off the discussion of universal health care, it’s time to move forward to a more effective and efficient health delivery system in the U.S. Rather than deal with all the rights…

Congressional gravy train: Gold-plated health care

Cross-posted at Vox Verax.

So your congressman votes against allowing the federal government to negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prescription drug prices for seniors. And so he advocates health savings accounts, which are great if you’re young and…