Minnesota is number 1

Because it is most like the Nordic nations in education, health, child
development

Because it has had leaders who have distributed education, health, child
development, and medical education

Because it has support for mental health, including different types that
people from other states use

Because it supports infrastructure development with about as many

teachers, counselors, nurses, family physicians, public servants produced
as it consumes

Despite this, Minnesota still has inner city problems that could be
addressed.

Other upper midwestern states are similar and those that have inner cities
could also do better


Minnesota's legislature have supported these and other efforts, including
$800,000 a year since 1971 for a 3rd year rural medical school
preceptorship (RPAP) that has pumped about $2.5 billion dollars into
greater MN that could have easily gone to urban MN or other states - this
has supported rural health, rural economics, rural leadership, and rural
population distributions - this is but one example of the very different
approach in MN    MN also pumps $8 million a year into the Duluth medical
school, the program with the highest FP graduation rate in the nation, a
top 5 rural physician rate, a top 10 underserved rural physician rate, and
half of the 60 grads a year do the RPAP program


Health outcomes are not about insurance companies. In fact, insurance
companies are one of the problems regarding distribution of health
1. taking a cut
2. not always performing for the state or for individuals
3. laws written to favor insurance companies
4. mental health discriminations, many
5. rating "experimental" care for situations that clearly are no longer
experimental
6. review processes that are grossly unfair to those with the least
resources
just a few


Health, education, and state budget outcomes are about collaborative
efforts guided by a shared mission involving

1. child development - parent(s)
2. child development - state
3. child development - local
4. secure neighborhoods
5. early education
6. secure and healthy housing
7. other infrastructure areas involving basic education, income, economics,
health, and opportunity

Robert C. Bowman, M.D.
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Family physician, witness of numerous examples of abuses by insurance,
mostly worker's comp, auto insurance, those who have money
Expert witness for Blue Cross Blue Shield Wisconsin vs Marshfield Clinic
Father of challenging children who have done well despite the lack of a
safety net in education, health, insurance
Abused by Blue Cross Blue Shield Nebraska on a number of occasions, very
costly

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