Recent Work

2025 Minnesota Opinions About Medical Assistance Survey

In May 2025, the Minnesota Department of Health and the University of Minnesota conducted a statewide survey to assess how Minnesotans perceive the Medicaid program (known as Medical Assistance in Minnesota), and potential changes to the program being discussed among lawmakers in Congress.

Key Findings:

• Respondents were split on whether they supported requiring everyone who is working age on Medicaid to be working or looking for work. Opinions shifted somewhat when people were told more about the potential impacts of this kind of policy.
• The vast majority of survey respondents (93.3%) supported providing coverage through the government to people who lose their job-related coverage. 
• Most people had heard about changes to Medicaid being considered by lawmakers in Congress, but only 15.6% thought the changes would improve the health of people on Medicaid. The majority (70.7%) thought they would reduce spending. 
• Eight out of 10 respondents opposed reducing the amount of money the federal government puts toward the Medicaid expansion. 
• Of those who supported reducing money put toward Medicaid expansion, about a quarter (27.3%) changed their minds when they learned states might not be able to make up the amount and 20 million people would lose coverage nationally.

View detailed findings.

2023 Minnesota Telehealth and Access Survey (MNTAS)

The MNTAS monitored patterns of telehealth use initially prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as revisiting access and affordability of care in Minnesota.

View a summary of the results.