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General Assistance Medical Care Weekly Report
September 11, 2009
Poverty and sickness know no boundaries and Minnesotans who qualify for GAMC live in every county in the state. In fact, nearly one third of Minnesotans currently enrolled in GAMC live outside of the seven county metro area.1 About half live in Hennepin and Ramsey counties where the state's two largest safety net hospitals are.
GAMC care for the week of August 10, 2009
Total GAMC patient visits 2
Emergency Room
Inpatient
Same Day Surgery
Outpatient 3
Patients with mental health conditions
Reimbursement that will be lost
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263
88
26
5
144
43
$304,278
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Since funding was cut (May)
3,139
$4.3 million
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Story of the week: Tom, age 534
Tom has an advanced stage of a chronic condition that can slow or stop the flow of blood throughout the body. The disease can cause heart attack, stroke, or even death within five minutes. He lives in a western suburb and recently had surgery at Regions Hospital. Because he is not sick enough to be declared disabled, he does not qualify for Medicaid. He has $27,000 in hospital bills that will be covered by GAMC.
1 Minnesota Dept. of Human Services Reports and Forecasts Division
2 Enrolled in GAMC or in process of enrolling
3 Outpatient visits include radiology, chemotherapy, chemical dependency, mental health
and other diagnostic visits.
4 Not patients real name or age
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