Jillian Nelson
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first heard Jun 2025
last heard Jun 2025
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So we're hoping to see some of that in the final budget.
Um, because I don't think it's always about cutting just line items and saying, No, we're not gonna spend this money.
But uh I I'm the first person that will tell you I'm a huge
proponent that I think the biggest perpetuator of waste and abuse in the Medicaid and Medicare system is not actually people or providers, but it's how the system works.
And it is incredibly inefficient, incredibly inaccessible.
And if we make the system work better for people, we're also going to make the system be a lot more cost effective.
Um, so we're starting to actually have some conversations around that as well.
Um, it's slow moving.
We're not gonna see all the fixes coming out of system transformation this time.
But we're definitely seeing some um
And we're seeing a lot of passion and we're seeing a lot of dedication and commitment.
And it feels good to know that we're not alone.
Um, just a shout out to Senator Aaron McQuaid, who has been um a leading factor in making sure that um Minnesota includes a lot of provisions in all of their policy bills this year to protect autistic Minnesotans from a re a registry or a database going forward.
Make sure that our information is safe.
Um
It's been really, really heartwarming.
Um, I was trying to figure out who we should go to and who would be our best advocate for that when I was watching a floor session one day and realized that they were fighting and arguing for it before we even came to them.
And that was really beautiful to know that like we've been up there, we've been talking enough, we've been making our needs known enough that
They hear our voices before we're even speaking to them.
it's um it's huge.
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