Yesterday, during the "Make Minnesota Thrive" Drive’s stop in Anoka, we had a chance to sit down for breakfast with Cassie, a nurse at a hospital in Coon Rapids. Cassie, who works primarily with women and children, understands that our current health insurance system just doesn’t work for Minnesotans..

In the video below, she explains how, for some folks, the lack of preventative or primary care leads to expensive emergency visits which could easily be avoided with a low-cost, high-quality public health insurance plan option.