Healthcare Minnesota Facts
How much has Minnesota insurance increased in 2026?
What is the average wait time in the ER?
Two hours and 40 minutes
Minnesota is two hours and nine minutes
How much are corporations driving inflation?
53%
When did we first increase Minnesota’s minimum wage?
2016
Was originally $6.15 to $9.50 an hour
What is the uninsured rate in Minnesota?
34%
Which is roughly 116,000 Minnesotans, which is the highest uninsured rate in the MN for the last 10 years
What is the average weight time between doctor appointments?
26 Days
How many Americans read below a 6th grade level?
54% 43 million Americans
What year did we increase Saint Paul’s minimum wage?
2018
We increased it to $15 an hour
According to the Minnesota hospital Association, how many labor/delivery programs have shut down in the last year?
19
Between 2022 and 2023 how much has the average drug price increased?
15.9%
The year before that was 11.5%
How much do you need to retire to comfortably?
1.26 Million
How many people do we help get access to LIHEAP?
19,000 people
Which saved them $11.5 million per year on utility bills
In Minnesota, how many hospitals are in financial distress?
31 hospitals
Which is nearly 25% of Minnesota hospitals
(Minnesota Hospital Association)
How many urban hospitals are at risk of closing or reducing services?
446 hospitals
Which approximately would serve 6.6 million patients
(American Hospital Association)
What is the job shortage in the US?
Meaning how many employers can’t fill in their job vacancies
70%
Keep in mind 62.2% of Americans over the age of 16 are employed
In 2020 how many families did we help get access to unemployment insurance?
35,000 families
Which equal out to about $170 million
Medicaid reimburses hospitals just $.69 for every dollar.
How much are the Minnesota hospitals running at a deficit?
Between $320 million-$580 million
(Minnesota Hospital Association)
How many rural hospitals are at risk of closing or reducing services?
700 Hospitals out of 1,797 rural hospitals
That is roughly 1/3
Also, roughly 100 rule hospitals have closed in the last decade.
(CHQPR)
How much do corporations on average make in revenue roughly a year?
3.916 trillion (6.29% increase) 2024
Before the ACP (affordable Internet) program got disbanded how many people did we help?
41,000 people
Which saved people $32.9 million