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…
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…
News of note in Minnesota: Center events, initiatives, and policy work.
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…
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…
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.…
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…
The Biden administration is wrong regarding the proposed ban on affordable health coverage options.
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,…
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.…
There isn’t space in the newsletter to write about all the bad things that passed this week, so here are just ten things that happened this week in St. Paul…
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…
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…
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…
Center of the American Experiment released a report today detailing the success of the Minnesota Premium Security Plan (MPSP) in reducing costs for Minnesota’s individual health insurance market and offering…
Upon taking the oath of office in 2019, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quickly became a national leader in health care reform after he introduced two innovative, first of their kind proposals…
President Biden is, once again, undermining the rule of law. This month the Biden administration finalized a rule that will very likely add to its growing list of administrative actions…
Minnesota’s reinsurance program keeps health insurance premiums at a national low.
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,…
This piece was written by Robert Bryce and originally appeared in The Hill. The hype around the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, also known as the Manchin-Schumer bill, has been…
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…
Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced a climate, health care, and tax package last week. CBS News reports that the bill: …calls for $369 billion for…
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…