New law will raise health care costs on some, result in fewer new life-saving cures and more lives lost for others Rep. Angie Craig recently led off a commentary in…
Minnesota’s reinsurance program keeps health insurance premiums at a national low.
The Biden administration recently released two reports to “illustrate the positive impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on prescription drug prices.” That’s how the headline of the Department of Health…
Today the Biden administration finalized a rule to fix the so-called “family glitch,” which will expand eligibility for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance subsidies. However, as Bloomberg Law reports,…
It’s the sort of standard atta-boy endorsement of a leftwing cause or group that usually sails through the Duluth City Council. Three city councilors introduced a resolution in support of…
On Monday, the Minnesota Reformer reported: The largest private-sector nurses strike in U.S. history began on Monday with some 15,000 nurses launching a three-day strike at 15 hospitals across the…
Last week the White House released separate facts sheets for each state to highlight how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will lower health care costs and improve health coverage in…
Today, the Biden administration suspended Georgia’s State Innovation Waiver, less than three months before it was set to go live. This action invites a legal fight and could potentially change…
American Experiment released a report today that exposes the flawed legal and economic analyses that the Biden administration is using to justify their efforts to stop the state of Georgia…
A majority of the more than 400 registered nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato voted Monday to do away with union membership by decertifying the Minnesota Nurses…
Center of the American Experiment released a report today that shows efforts in Washington, D.C. that rely on price controls to lower the costs of prescription drugs are not an…
The pandemic may be long gone, but the government vaccine mandate for members of the military remains in effect just the same. The federal government’s purge of employees who do…
The Trump administration finalized regulations in 2019 requiring hospitals to publicly post prices by January 1, 2021. Health policy researchers have been hungry to gather and analyze this information but…
In early April, the Biden administration issued a proposed rule to expand access to premium subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by fixing the so-called family glitch. But there…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) imposed the first fines, totaling over $1 million, on two Georgia hospitals for violating federal requirements to publicly post their prices. These…
The perpetually troubled Veterans Administration usually seems to have enough battles on its hands without looking for more. But the federal agency continues to fight to compel medical staff at…
There’s been a sharp increase in the number of children with emotional or behavioral health issues being dropped off at M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital. Due to a shortage…
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the health care pool, Biden’s ACA would take a bite out of affordability.
Prescription drug costs tend to shoulder a lot of the blame for the high and rising cost of health care in America. Bringing down the cost of drugs was the…
A new report from the Minnesota Department of Health lays bare a looming problem for our state’s hospitals: a staffing shortage. The report — Three Key Trends for Minnesota Community…
In 2017, the Minnesota Legislature established the Minnesota Premium Security Plan (MPSP), a reinsurance program that lowered premiums in the individual health insurance market by over 20 percent. Set to…
On Jan. 13, Mayors Melvin Carter of St. Paul and Jacob Frey of Minneapolis announced that, to fight the spread of COVID-19, as of Jan. 19, patrons at restaurants, bars,…
I’ve noted recently how the vaccine and testing regime imposed on Minneapolis by Mayor Jacob Frey last month has hit businesses in the city that were already hurting. I have…
Yesterday, American Experiment filed comments with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging them to not finalize several proposed regulations that would boost already unaffordable health insurance premiums…