Back in 2020, Minnesota's state government based much of its policy response to COVID-19 on a computer model, built over a weekend by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health…
A package of bipartisan health policies is currently moving through the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen federal price transparency requirements on providers and health plans. The Lower Costs, More…
Yesterday American Experiment submitted comments urging the Biden administration to withdraw a proposed rule which would effectively ban certain types of insurance coverage. Not only are the proposals bad policy,…
According to MinnPost, Fabio Azeredo earned a Ph.D. in psychology and practiced as a licensed supervising psychologist in Brazil for 29 years. Since moving to Minnesota two years ago, he…
Impulsive expansion of health regulations will harm patients.
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the CHOICE Arrangement Act, which would expand and protect access to valuable health plan options for employees, and in particular small business employees.…
Of Minnesota’s many supposed “labor shortages,” one of the most pressing is the shortage of nurses. WCCO reports that: …Minnesota’s workforce agencies are making a push to fill tens of…
Unfortunately, patients have no idea what is coming. Every major player in the health sector has focused on protecting its own turf and otherwise has kept quiet.
Democrats in the Minnesota House and Senate are quietly working to build a powerful new government bureaucracy to set and enforce limits on the cost of health care at hospitals…
You still see a few folks wearing medical masks here and there, but they stand out like sore thumbs. Most people ditched the pandemic relics long ago. But there’s a…
Yesterday the MN Senate held a hearing on their omnibus commerce finance bill. This bill starts to show a clearer picture of where the DFL wants to take Minnesota’s health…
Today the State and Local Government Finance and Policy Committee held a hearing on HF 348, a bill which would impose a $25 limit on co-payments for drugs and related supplies…
With the deck stacked against people who need new drugs, let's not dismiss them because their interests happen to align with the drug industry.
President Biden again promised not to cut Medicare and Social Security during his budget address in Pennsylvania yesterday. But what about that other major entitlement program driving up the federal…
The Biden administration is proposing several changes to federal requirements on health insurers and health insurance Exchanges. The changes are included in the 2024 Payment Notice, which is an annual…
Today the Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee will hold a hearing on HF96, a bill to establish the MinnesotaCare public option. The idea is to provide a government…