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    Minnesotans without health insurance rises to 9 percent

    By MinnPost staff | Published Fri, Feb 5 2010 1:12 pm

    Minnesotans without health insurance rose from 7.2 percent to 9.1 percent between 2007 and 2009, according to a new survey.

    The survey, released Friday by the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, estimated 480,000 Minnesotans were uninsured in 2009, compared with 374,000 in 2007.

    "The economic recession has had a clear impact on health insurance access and affordability," Health Commissioner Sanne Magnan said in a statement. "While it is not surprising that we found a higher rate of uninsurance in 2009, these study results highlight the need to sustain Minnesota's health reform efforts that are designed to contain rising health care costs."

    The rise in the uninsured was largely the result of a decline in the percentage of Minnesotans who had health insurance through an employer — 57.2 percent in 2009 and 62.5 percent in 2007.

    More about the survey can be found here.

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