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Support for an increase in the county sales tax to support Hennepin Healthcare System, North Memorial and Target Field - offered by Commissioners Conley and Lunde
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WHEREAS, Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. (HHS) is a government-owned safety net hospital and Level 1 trauma center providing critical care to Minnesota and the surrounding region; and
WHEREAS, over 75 percent of patients at HHS receive care paid for through public programs such as Medicaid and Medicare; and
WHEREAS, HHS is the largest Medicaid provider system in Minnesota ; and
WHEREAS, nearly 1/3 of patients coming to HHS are from outside Hennepin County; and
WHEREAS, 40 percent of patients needing trauma or burn specialty care from 2020 to 2024 were from outside Hennepin County; and
WHEREAS, HHS provided patients with $104 million in uncompensated care in 2024, with $24 million of uncompensated care in 2024 attributed to patients from outside Hennepin County; and
WHEREAS, HHS is a teaching hospital responsible for training 31% of Graduate Medical Education trainees and 60% of Undergraduate Medical Education Trainees in Minnesota; with 71% of all learners staying in Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, HHS is home to the only Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program in Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, over 400 patients per day are seen in the addiction medicine clinic; and
WHEREAS, HHS is home to the Minnesota Regional Poison Center; and
WHEREAS, HHS providers provide advice and guidance to healthcare providers across the state, supporting and enhancing their effectiveness in providing quality care throughout a five-state region; and
WHEREAS, HHS is facing $1.7 billion in projected revenue loss over the next ten years due to the impact of federal Medicaid program changes enacted in H.R.1, including the elimination of Directed Payments which will cost HHS $1.1 billion over ten years and dis-enrollment in Medicaid resulting in an additional estimated loss of $600 ...
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