In defining this, she revealed the shutdown’s true purpose: stoking anti-Trump sentiment ahead of the 2025 elections.
Back in 2022, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376). It is a hefty bit of legislation, but Subtitle C reads: You will note the part reading “2021 THROUGH 2025.”…
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…
As I explained in an earlier post, the DHS takes quite a huge chunk of the state budget already, so giving the agency more money puts pressure on other government…
The large spending bill moving through Congress proposes to permanently expand Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, also known as Obamacare subsidies, to make coverage “more affordable.” While the goal to improve…
Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released estimates on the healthcare provisions of the Democrats’ massive spending bill. Altogether, the CBO projects these provisions will cost $553 million,…
The ‘surge’ in cases of the ‘Delta Variant’ of COVID-19 is prompting a clamor for the return of so-called ‘Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions’ (NPIs) — mask mandates, shutdowns and the like —…
Occasionally, policy makers and pundits will harrumph about 'Covid fatigue'. Perhaps, just perhaps, the constant shrieking from America's media - which isn't warranted by the data - has worn people…
The full extent of the unintended consequences of the suspension of many medical services during the shutdown due to the coronavirus may never be known. But a Kaiser Family Foundation…
Minnesota has the highest percentage of deaths tied to long-term care facilities as a share of total state deaths attributed to Covid-19 according to currently available date from 30 states…
Minnesota's hospital moratorium, which blocks the expansion of hospital beds in the state, serves no useful purpose and harms Minnesotans. It should go.
While the climate strike and Greta Thunberg may have the limelight this week, the unwavering truth of climate and energy policy remains: people are unwilling to pay the costs associated…
Contemporary America is confused and conflicted about sex, sexuality, and social norms that should guide men’s and women’s intimate relations.
Minnesota lawmakers are making noise about enacting their own version of Medicare For All. They may want to read this article from Reason, before they do. “A new poll shows that a…
To borrow from P. J. O'Rourke, the good news is that, according to Sen. Warren and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according…
This essay was published in the February 2019 issue of First Things. As the #MeToo movement has spread from the upper echelons of Hollywood to the halls of Congress, what…
Stanford University’s John E. Cogan has been writing brilliantly for decades about how federal entitlement spending has a nasty habit of growing a lot bigger and a lot faster than…
With individual health insurance markets melting down across the country, both the House and Senate health care bills include funding to states to help stabilize their insurance markets. This funding…
After a couple of false starts, Republicans in the U.S. House passed a bill to follow through on their promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. Getting this bill passed was…
Obamacare is a disaster, and MNSure is a fiasco. Pretty much all Minnesotans know that. Obamacare/MNSure has led to higher premiums, larger deductibles and smaller networks. This fall the crisis…
Why do so many young people still avoid Obamacare like the plague? The expectation was that the health insurance exchange would cash flow on the actuarial backs of millions of…
Understanding the problems with Minnesota’s tax code first requires an understanding of the principles that should guide the state’s tax policy. Sound tax policy should promote three core principles...
Here’s the headline from yesterday’s MNsure press release: “mnsure reaches milestone, exceeds enrollment goal.” Scott Leitz, the interim CEO for MNsure, is “thrilled that more than 136,000 Minnesotans have enrolled in…
Americans agree: Our health-care system needs a serious overhaul. A number of recent surveys, including one by Harris Interactive and another by the Commonwealth Fund, show that over 80 percent…