08-65Conncil File # 08-65
Suspension Item 1/16/2008
Green Sheet # 3048857
RESOLUT{ON
Ci F SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
Presented by
Supporting the Minnesota Children's Health Security Act
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WHEREAS, there are 85,000 children in Minnesota living without health caze coverage; and
WHEREAS, having health caze coverage is a key indicator of a child's well-being and children with health insurance are more Iikely to
receive necessaty preventive and medical caze; and
WHEREAS, a Ramsey Counry swdy found that more than 16 percent of Saim Paul children, and almost 15 percent of Ramsey Counry
children had no health care coverage in 2004; and
WHEREAS, that same study found that the number of childre� without coverage in both Saint Paul and Ramsey Counry had �FOwn
su6stantially benveen 2001 and 2004; arid
N'HEREAS, 31.4 percent of Minnesota's Hispanic children, 13.5 percent of Minnesota's African American children, and 6.4 percent of
Mmnesota's white children are living w�thout healthcare coverage; and
WHEREAS, ensuring all children have health care coverage wil] prodoce savings to the healthcere system and iong-term savings to our state;
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FVHEREAS, all children should have healthcare covernge, no matter where their pazents work or how much they earn; ac�d
WHEREAS, the Minnesata Children's Health Secw'ity Act hes been pmposed, w6ich wo�id do the foilowing:
• Ensure all childre� have access to affordable, quality health care coverage, no matter where their parents work or how much they
earn;
• Create systemic chzmge that would simplify the current health care system, remove adminisvative and cost barriers and make
chitdren's health a top priority;
• Ensure consistent, continuous care and promote preventive caze for children;
• Pcoduce savings for employers cua'ently offering child dependent coverage, and
• Produce savings to the healtk care system in the long run by pooling children and eliminating the wsts of uninsured children.
Now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, tltat the Ciry of Saint Paul supporis enactment of the Children's Health Secuciry Act by the Governor and State Legislature.
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Supporting the Minnesota Children's Heakh Security Act
Green Sheet NO: 3048857
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