Health care
Deflating the controversy over Medicaid work requirements
Earlier this month, Nebraska became the first state to implement the Medicaid work requirements established by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act — now renamed by Republicans as the working families tax cuts. Dozens of others are scrambling to…
U.S. life expectancy gap doesn’t mean health…
America spends more in total and per capita on health care than any other country. So why do we tend…
Trump Puts Drug Pricing Program Fraudsters on Notice
The Trump administration is ramping up its fight against waste, fraud, and abuse in healthcare. And…
Children’s Minnesota fights DOJ subpoena on kids’…
Children’s Minnesota is resisting a Department of Justice subpoena seeking information on its…
Senate DFL fails to embrace Medicaid reform
Once again, not much happening at the Capitol this week, so we’ll focus on an important debate in…
DR. OZ Withholds Another $91 Million in Minnesota Medicaid Payments for That “Don’t Look Right”
In a significant escalation of efforts to combat fraud, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz has deferred an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota. The announcement was…
Quick update with four weeks left
With four weeks left in the legislative session, here is a quick look at where the big issues stand.…
Federal Rural Health Grants are helpful, but actual…
Minnesota’s rural hospitals are in real trouble, with many operating on razor-thin margins and at…
Tax hike would plug hole at HCMC
But cutting the Hennepin County’s $50 million DEI budget would make more sense Hospitals are…
Expanding Twins tax to enable HCMC dysfunction will…
Hennepin County residents face a proposed 1% local sales tax under House File 4841, introduced on…
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