As Minnesota meets the goals set by Gov. Tim Walz when he extended the shutdown on April 8, does his new justification for extending it again make sense? Yesterday, Gov.…
Gov. Tim Walz has ordered the state's public K-12 schools to stay closed for the rest of the academic year, but new guidance from state officials will allow the schools…
Good news, but Minnesotans should have access to the best healthcare practitioners who want to come here at any time. To realize that, our state should join the national Nurse Licensure Compact.
Given the central place in state policy making of the University of Minnesota and Department of Health model, it is worth reflecting on what such a model is, how it…
Why isn't Minnesota in the Nurse Licensure Compact? Because the union - the Minnesota Nurses Association - wants to protect its privileged position. This goes against the desires of the…
There are several manufacturers and industry partners across the state using their resources to support medical personnel and respond to the shortage of personal protective equipment, and their efforts deserve…
John Hinderaker, President of Center of the American Experiment, released the following statement in response to the extension of Gov. Tim Walz’s stay-at-home order: “State leaders must release the model they are using to…
This just in, on April 6, Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order authorizing out-of-state mental health service providers to treat Minnesotan patients. This is to ensure that Minnesotans, especially…
The article below originally appeared in the Babylon Bee: ALBANY, NY—New York state has announced a new plan to raise taxes on the novel coronavirus. The 15% income tax on…
To help us fight the Coronavirus, Gov. Walz should implement the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and allow nurses and other healthcare workers to work in our state as long as…
Our health care workers are working tirelessly on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. To help protect these heroes, Minnesota manufacturers have been producing medical products in short supply.
On March 26th I wrote an introductory blog regarding why Certificate of Need (CON) laws in healthcare do not make sense. I follow that up with more detail on what…
As COVID-19 infections sweep the nation, a Minnesota law restricting the number of hospital beds in the state isdrawing new scrutiny. Since 1984, the Hospital Construction Moratorium has put an…
Minnesota's hospital moratorium, which blocks the expansion of hospital beds in the state, serves no useful purpose and harms Minnesotans. It should go.
In the case of N95 masks, regulations which are supposed to safeguard public health turn out to be obstacles in a public health crisis.
This is the logic behind CON laws: Hospitals incur fixed costs, and if they have too much capacity which they cannot fill they will charger higher costs for used beds…
The coronavirus crisis shows that regulations ostensibly intended to safeguard public health turn out, when a genuine public health crisis hits, to be positively harmful to public health.
The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as government-mandated restrictions, have necessitated social distancing. To get over that hurdle, health service providers are utilizing services that connect doctors and patients remotely, called…
As we scour the Internet for updates on the coronavirus epidemic, there is a lot of misinformation being spread about the virus that we shouldn't believe.
The coronavirus is making very plain the costs as well as the benefits of our regulatory apparatus
The news is all COVID-19, all the time. But how serious is the epidemic so far, here in Minnesota? A friend emailed this analysis, which suggests that the virus has…
A new study provides qualified support for the private provision of social insurance.
When weighing between alternatives, whether restaurants for Valentine's Day or health care systems, price isn't the only thing we take into account.
Some occupational licenses can be justified in terms of improved outcomes, but many others cannot. The trick is to tell which is which and design an appropriate regime where licenses…