Currently in the state of Minnesota there Minnesota care does not cover transgender related issue. This includes sexual reassignment. This cause depression and suicide which cost the state a lot more. This use to be covered until the gop wrote it out .

planned parenthood,womens health and rights

After a fall in her own home, my 95 year old mother spent two months in a nursing home before we discovered that assisted living options were open to her, providing a much more productive, cheerier atmosphere at a savings of over $1000 a month. However, when her money runs out she will be forced to move to more expensive care in a nursing home as Medicaid only pays for nursing home care.

Yes! Some thing is very wrong when the employee have more health benefits than their employers. This make them not care what they cut from Medicare. I got charged for test to get eye glasses because told it was cut from Medicare by you know who? We the people should have equal rights. Middle income if we can not get our state Medicare or what ever supplement our states offer we have to pay out of our pockets. Each year Medicare offer less and we are paying more so the raise is wiped out.

There must be safe and legal access to medicine (cannabis) for qualified medical patients. Please support patient's rights and create a brokerage and clearing house system which will offer this safe access that is so desperately needed. This system would entail a state-run clearing house which will collect taxes from growers that day, and be able to offer product to qualified dispensaries that day. Please consider this during this upcoming legislative session.

To add the government health insurance carrier to the Affordable Care Act

With the discussion of the importance of mental health services, in conjunction with gun control, to keep our schools and communities safe, it is important that unrestricted mental health services be available to all students in public schools, colleges and universities.

Virtually every other country in the world saves megabucks for public healthcare by allowing the government to negotiate drug prices. The U.S. does the same thing with Veterans Administration hospitals. But we are prohibited from doing the same thing for Medicare by an estimated $200B "gift" to the drug companies that costs both Seniors and Medicare.

My daughter was given medication without my consultation for a minor problem. I drove her to the appointment, it is my insurance and I paid for the appointment however I was not part of the consultation in the appointment.

I pay thousands of dollars every year for health care insurance. Since I rarely meet the annual deductible, I am essentially throwing away money. I am blessed to have health care insurance through my employer. Nevertheless, I would like to have a more affordable option. It is time to rein in insurance companies and force them to be more competitive. A public option plan would achieve this.

Single Payer Healthcare for All

This petition is endorsed by and in conjunction with the Delaware Friends of Midwives. Access to midwives in Delaware is severely limited. Maternity care is in crisis. Maternal mortality and infant mortality rates are unacceptably high and rising according to Amnesty International. A recent report found that 50 nations rank better than the United States in terms of maternal mortality, yet the US spends twice as much on maternity care. Nations with better maternal and infant mortality rates employ midwives as their primary maternity care providers. A recent study has found that the rate of Cesarean deliveries has risen to 34% of all live births, despite the World Health Organizations recommendation of 5-15%. Amnesty International reports, “New analysis shows that the states reporting higher than average cesarean rates (over 33% of births) had a 21% higher risk of maternal mortality than states with cesarean rates less than 33%.” A 2005 study found that 3.7% of homebirths attended by Certified Professional Midwifes (CPMs) resulted in cesarean deliveries. CPMs are trained and credentialed to offer expert care to women for pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. They provide affordable care that is prevention oriented with particular attention to education and support for the mother. CPM care is proven to be safe and improve breastfeeding success rates. CPMs earn the only nationally recognized midwife certification that requires out-of-hospital birth training. They practice autonomously and consult with other health care providers as needed. However, they are currently not able to obtain licensing in the state of Delaware. In order to be licensed in Delaware, CPMs must be able to establish "a collaborative agreement with a Delaware licensed physician with obstetrical hospital privileges." However, this is not possible as malpractice insurances will not cover CPMs or homebirths. This barrier means that no doctor in Delaware is able to work directly with non-nurse midwifes, and consequently, making it impossible for CPMs to obtain a license for the state of Delaware. Licensing CPMs will increase access to midwives for families who choose to birth in any location they choose. As noted, CPMs can help to drastically reduce cesarean rates and maternal mortality. We therefore ask that the Delaware legislators seek to improve maternity care in Delaware by changing the current Non-Nurse Midwifery regulations to allow CPMs to practice in our state. Our citizens deserve the best start to life possible, and we cannot give them that if we do not allow them access to the best maternity care. RESOURCES: • Johnson & Daviss, BMJ 2005, Outcomes of planned homebirths with certified professional midwives: large prospective study in North America, http://www.bmj.com/content/330/7505/1416 • Amnesty International, 2011, Deadly Delivery: The maternal health care crisis in the USA, http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/deadlydeliveryoneyear.pdf • Welsh, Today.com, 2011, C-Section rates hits all-time high, study finds, http://www.today.com/id/43807114/site/todayshow/ns/today-today_health/t/c-section-rates-hit-all-time-high-study-finds/#.UPlhgWfiWCo • Delaware Code Title 16, 4106 Practice of Non-Nurse Midwifery, Section 4.3, http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title16/Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Social%20Services/Division%20of%20Public%20Health/Family%20Health%20Services/4106.shtml • Hearing Held for Karen Webster: The case for medicine or midwifery continues in Delaware, 2013, http://www.mommatraumablog.com/1/post/2013/01/hearing-held-for-karen-webster-the-case-for-medicine-or-midwifery-continues-in-delaware.html