The State of Minnesota has a projected $495 million surplus for 2004-05 and is looking at a deficit in 2006-07 of between $700 million and $1.39 billion when factoring inflation. Current projections show the state’s burden of healthcare costs climbing significantly over the next biennium 19.9% nearly 10 times that of inflation. Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) and…
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