Allowing people to buy health insurance across state lines has been a key policy in Republican health reform proposals over the past 20 years. The policy goal has always been…
Last week’s vice-presidential debate once again elevated the very controversial abortion law that Gov. Tim Walz signed in 2023, which many pro-life advocates claim now allows a doctor to let…
Power play by commissioners involving now-former Hennepin Healthcare board chair undermines solutions for the communities they represent. Being unfairly denounced as racist ranks among the most hurtful and difficult accusations…
It’s another case study in why the North Dakota Legislature established a $15 million legal war chest to fight the Biden administration’s brazen regulatory overreach. This time North Dakota has…
Center of the American Experiment released a new report today that outlines how states can take advantage of Health Care Choice Compacts under Section 1333 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to…
Less than a month before new federal nursing staff requirements take effect, long-term care providers reiterated their bleak warning that many North Dakota facilities will not be able to meet…
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for five former employees who were fired over religious objections to Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing policies to proceed with wrongful…
Tacked in the 1,400-page controversial bill are provisions that might just improve the worker shortage healthcare industry. In a positive move, Minnesota lawmakers approved the creation of interstate compacts for…
A new report released today from Center of the American Experiment exposes how federal policies implemented during the pandemic kept millions of people enrolled in Medicaid even after they gained…
Tomorrow the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hear several bills that would add new benefit mandates on health insurance plans. I provided the committee written testimony highlighting…
Of Minnesota’s many supposed “labor shortages,” one of the most pressing is the shortage of nurses. Earlier this week, the Star Tribune reports: …about 1,000 workers from a dozen nursing…
On Friday, American Experiment submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Human Services (HHS) in opposition to federal rules dictating how states must unwind continuous Medicaid coverage related to the…
Of Minnesota’s many supposed “labor shortages,” one of the most pressing is the shortage of nurses. A recent op-ed in the Star Tribune argues: The reality is that Minnesota has…
Last week Gov. Tim Walz announced that a record 146,445 people signed up to buy health insurance through MNsure during the annual open enrollment period that ended on January 15.…
On this weeks DC EKG podcast, Peter Nelson takes a deep dive into recent actions from the Biden administration on Medicaid and insurance Exchanges.
Five North Dakota cities currently provide drug addicts and users free syringes with no questions asked over their usage of illegal substances — Fargo, Grand Forks, Mandan, Minot and Valley…
Yesterday American Experiment filed comments on the proposed 2025 Payment Notice—the annual federal rule that updates standards on health insurance and exchanges. This rule represents the latest proposals from the…
After a years long battle with medical workers weary of union representation, the United Steelworkers has quietly pulled out of Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin with hardly a whimper,…
There's a trend cropping up among nurses under union representation in the Mayo Clinic Health System. Nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin just became the fourth collective…
On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark bill to ensure that patients get access to transparent pricing information from providers and health plans. The bill — the…
Earlier this week a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison that prohibits him from enforcing new state price controls on generic and off-patent prescription…
A new policy briefing released today from Center of the American Experiment shows Minnesota healthcare premiums will remain among the lowest in the nation, largely due to the state’s reinsurance…
The Biden administration is wrong regarding the proposed ban on affordable health coverage options.
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…