{"id":9,"date":"2016-09-16T14:09:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T14:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s647485831.onlinehome.us\/mnhealthplan\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-01-23T20:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:04:49","slug":"principles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"MHP Fundamental Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Here are ten principles that any good healthcare system must abide by. To keep Minnesotans healthy and provide the highest quality healthcare, <i>the Minnesota Health Plan<\/i> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/94\/2025\/0\/SF\/929\/versions\/latest\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/94\/2025\/0\/SF\/929\/versions\/latest\/\">Senate File 929<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/94\/2025\/0\/HF\/1812\/versions\/latest\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/bills\/94\/2025\/0\/HF\/1812\/versions\/latest\/\">House File 1812<\/a>)is based on, and <i>would be governed by, these fundamental principles<\/i>:<\/span><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">ensure all Minnesota residents are covered;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">cover all necessary care, including dental, vision and hearing, mental health, chemical dependency treatment, prescription drugs, medical equipment and supplies, long-term care, and home care;<\/span><\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">llow patients to choose their doctors;reduce costs by negotiating fair prices and by cutting administrative bureaucracy, not by restricting or denying care;<\/span><a name=\"_Hlk524598873\"><\/a><a name=\"_Hlk516837275\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: large;\">affordable to all through premiums based on ability to pay &amp; elimination of co-pays;<\/span><\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">focus on preventive care and early intervention to improve health;ensure that there are enough health care providers to guarantee timely access to care;continue Minnesota\u2019s leadership in medical education, research, and technology;provide adequate and timely payments to providers;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">and use a simple funding and payment system.<\/span><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are ten principles that any good healthcare system must abide by. To keep Minnesotans healthy and provide the highest quality healthcare, the Minnesota Health Plan (Senate File 929\/House File 1812)is based on, and would be governed by, these fundamental principles:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnhealthplan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}