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    State will continue to cover GAMC enrollees until April 1

    By Casey Selix | Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 9:28 am

    Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Department of Human Services commissioner announced this morning that there’s enough state funding to continue providing  General Assistance Medical Care coverage for poor single adults until April 1.

    Lawmakers and advocates for the poor have been pushing to find a solution to restore the program before March 1, the original date that GAMC funding was supposed to run out after the governor unallotted $15 million on top of eliminating $381 million in second year funding.

    “This extra month of GAMC coverage is possible because program costs and new enrollment were lower than projected,” Pawlenty said in a press release from DHS. “The extension means that people can remain on GAMC through March and then will automatically be transitioned to MinnesotaCare.”

    MinnPost will have more reaction later today.

    Here’s the press release.

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