Center for Health Care Affordability
Publications

MDH produces a multitude of research, reports, and publications related to health care spending, access, and affordability. These include reports and publications produced through the Health Economics Program.

Reports

2026

• Center for Health Care Affordability Legislative Report 2025 (PDF) MDH’s inaugural report from the Center for Health Care Affordability describes Minnesota’s health care affordability challenges, shares early high-level findings about spending growth, provides an update on the Center’s implementation work in 2025, and previews planned work in 2026. (March 2026)

2025

• Findings from the 2025 Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) (PDF) (March 2026). New data from the Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) shows a rise in the number of uninsured Minnesotans. Uninsurance rose from 3.8% in 2023 to 5.8% in 2025—equating to approximately 116,000 more Minnesotans without health insurance. Visit Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) for more information.

2024

• Findings from the 2023 Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) (PDF)
  This issue brief shares findings from the 2023 Minnesota Health Access Survey. Data show mixed results regarding health insurance coverage in the state during 2023. (April 2024) 

2023

• Addressing Our Growing Health Care Costs infographic (PDF)
  This infographic presents an overview on the importance of creating the Center for Health Care Affordability. (December 2023)
• Health Care Spending, Prices, and Utilization in Minnesota: 2017 to 2021 (PDF)
  This brief relies upon data from the Minnesota All Payer Claims Database (MN APCD) and methods developed by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) to produce population-based estimates of spending, use, and prices for medical care and prescription drugs. The brief also includes a Supplemental document with additional exhibits [Health Care Spending, Prices, and Use in Minnesota: 2017 to 2021 – Supplement]. (November 2023)

Chartbook

• Minnesota Health Care Markets Chartbook
  The Health Economics Program’s “Minnesota Health Care Markets Chartbook” is intended to provide convenient access to the most up-to-date Minnesota statistics on a wide variety of topics, including health care spending, drivers of increased health care costs in Minnesota, access to insurance coverage, and health care provider trends. The Chartbook is updated regularly as new data and analysis become available.