Dr. Rahul Koranne, MD, MBA, FACP

Dr. Koranne is the president and CEO of the Minnesota Hospital Association. The Minnesota Hospital Association advocates on behalf of Minnesota's hospitals and health systems, which provide quality care for their patients and meet the needs of their communities.

“Medicaid and Medicare matter. They are lifelines for health care in Minnesota.”

“If there are Medicaid cuts, given that the hospitals are so dependent upon Medicaid dollars to keep their doors open, they may be forced to make service closures. For example, if a mental health service is cut, or a labor and delivery service is cut, that service doesn't just disappear for Medicaid patients, it disappears for everybody in that community.”

“On average, 64% of the patients that our hospitals are serving are on government insurance, Medicare and Medicaid. In some counties, that is up to 80%.”