The latest Thinking Minnesota Poll shows widespread support for the changes mandated for Medicaid in the One Big Beautiful Bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump…
In a July 10 Minnesota Star Tribune opinion piece, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN5) scolded fellow members of her state delegation who voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill…
Rep. Kristin Robbins, Chair of the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee held, a hearing on Tuesday, July 8, to hear from the Department of Human Services…
Minnesotans by a wide margin support the Medicaid eligibility checks featured in the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” In a recent poll of 500 Minnesotans conducted May 28-31 by the Center…
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough decided on Thursday to reject key Medicaid provisions in the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) in a move that could end up costing taxpayers hundreds of…
As Congress wrestles with unsustainable Medicaid growth, and proposes ways to slow it, the state of Minnesota released a taxpayer-funded poll designed to show and manufacture opposition to the “Big…
Individual Health Plans Jump up to 26% Buried in the last-minute deal to prevent a government shutdown, Governor Walz and legislative leaders created a new tax on health plans to…
Providing a financial cash incentive for poor women to give birth at home with the promise of a safer delivery, when it is actually much riskier is just making things…
As legislators worked to complete a special session to avoid a partial government shutdown, MinnesotaCare funding for illegal aliens became a flashpoint. Progressive DFL legislators considered it among their top…
The One Big Beautiful Bill (HR1, aka OBBB), passed by the GOP-controlled U.S. House on May 22, 2025, significantly alters federal healthcare funding, impacting Minnesota’s health care system. This omnibus…
According to the latest Thinking Minnesota poll, a strong majority of Minnesotans oppose giving free health care to illegal immigrants. Sixty-one percent of poll respondents oppose having the state pay…
This week, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz needled the Texas legislature’s attempt to rein in their marijuana laws. “Texans, flee the nanny state and come up north to enjoy the land…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz unveiled a budget agreement in the capitol reception room, as Democratic representatives and senators protested noisily outside, chanting and pounding on the doors. The uproar stemmed…
The following letter was presented on the floor of the Minnesota State Senate during debate on the Omnibus Health and Human Services bill (SF 2669). Dear Senators: On behalf of…
Minnesota state Senator Melissa Wiklund (D-Bloomington) proposed an 11.1% increase in the state’s sick tax that hits all dental and medical patients. Every service and product paid for by health…
Rep. Jeff Backer, Chairman of the Health Finance and Policy Committee in the Minnesota House, moved House File 2604, which would stop payments to managed care organizations (MCOs) that pay…
It’s difficult to get a handle on the scope of the federal budget cuts coming down from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). But the cancellation of billions of dollars…
State budget managers announced that in July 2028 and thereafter, for the first time, Minnesota will spend more money on Health and Human Services than any other budget area, including…
This week, the Minnesota House of Representatives’ Health Policy and Finance Committee passed legislation to roll back a new taxpayer-funded program to provide health insurance to illegal immigrants. Republican Rep.…
Center of the American Experiment announced today that former Minnesota House Majority Leader Matt Dean has been hired as a Policy Fellow covering state health care policy. Dean will replace…
Center of the American Experiment announced today that Peter Nelson, Senior Policy Fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, has been named by President Donald Trump to lead the…
A new report released today from Center of the American Experiment assesses the impact of the Biden administration’s regulations for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchanges on individual market premiums, the…
We need to get over ourselves as Minnesotans and stop seeing every issue through the lens of racial disparities, especially when children's fundamental rights are at stake.
Under Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota does not appear among the 20 state governments suing to stop the Biden administration from implementing over-the-top new staffing requirements for nursing homes that industry…