Posted on 08/27/2009 2:57:42 AM PDT by Son House
The MinnesotaCare health care plan for the poor and working poor is struggling to keep up with the demand for applications fueled by the sour economy.
The Star Tribune reported Tuesday that applications are up 25 percent so far this year, and in July alone are up 43 percent from July 2008, to 5,473 applications.
That rush has resulted in long delays to process applications and jammed telephone lines as the agency that runs the program cuts back on answering the phone so employees can work on the backlog.
Minnesota Department of Human Services spokeswoman Lisa Wilder says the department is hiring more trainers.
MinnesotaCare is for state residents who are uninsured and unable to get health insurance from their employer, and meet certain income restrictions.
Obama and Democrats intentionally ruin the economy for Government service promises they'll never keep.
Beware of public option in health bill, Democrats have no funds to pay the bills.
Harbringer of things to come:
You dial for help because your sick and nobody answers the phone. Sounds like the Department of Motor Vehicles treatment.
Welcome to MINNESOTAX, where the welfare is great and they reclassify the “Rich” on a year to year basis. (Now, anything above $75K combined household income)
And business is leaving here by the train load.
there you go .....thats the solution...
Under obamacare, have to be union trainer. Then, after the demand levels off, you will have a whole bunch of trainers doing nothing but sucking more tax payer's dollars out of the “rich” (people with real jobs).
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