I'm planning on it and know of a few others coming too

I will be able to be there, so I am excited.  Anybody else?

8:30am in the Caribou in Byerly's on Yankee Doodle.  C U there!

The letter sent to recipients that talks about health care programs also addresses MSA in one of the later paragraphs.  It is a paragraph about the cash programs.  It states the cash programs (MFIP, MSA, food support, food assistance program, refugee assistance, general assistance, GRH, Diversity Work Program, etc.) the programs might be suspended in the event of a shutdown.  I am a social worker for a county agency here in MN and have several people who live on about $200 in GA plus food support and we are anticipating that will be suspended for those recipients.  We really are expecting the worst and praying for the best for those people.  It is going to be a rocky road and we can only hope the state settles on a new budget quickly before our county runs out of reserve money that might keep us operating for a month or two without the support of the state (if that is what our county commissioners choose to do, of course).

Welcome back!  Feel free to join us for coffee on Saturday mornings--Northfield is not too far.  We are meeting at the Caribou in Byerlys in Eagan this Saturday--on Yankee Doodle.  8:30am!

There is a letter that should have been mailed to all MA recipients and it can be found here:  https://edocs.dhs.state.mn.us/lfserver/Public/DHS-6394-ENG

Providers were told they are to continue to serve their established MA patients but they can limit or stop taking new patients.  They were also told they might not be paid for services provided after 6/30.  http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMI C_CONVERSION&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName =dhs16_162236 

I would assume providers will try to schedule MA recipients as far out as possible to allow time for the state to settle on a budget in hopes of being paid for their service but critical care should not be affected.