2023 was a big year for welfare expansion in Minnesota. Despite Health and Human Services (HH) already making up 30 percent of state spending, lawmakers dedicated over $6 billion in…
A variety of words have been used to describe the 2023 Minnesota legislative session. Depending on which side of the political aisle you place yourself, the session was either “bonkers”…
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…
After blowing Minnesota’s staggering $18 billion expanding welfare, and paying for free college as well as “affordable housing,” among other things, our lawmakers have dug Minnesota into a budget hole…
Last summer, we went all over the state with our Off the Cliff tour. In it, we reviewed what had happened in the last legislative session in St. Paul. Among…
The 2023 legislative session was a study of pushing through an ideological agenda.
Beyond the big-ticket items that got most of the press attention such as abortion, transgender rights, tax rebates and gun control, the 2023 legislature made several dramatic policy changes that…
After E-12 Education, Health and Human Services (HHS) is Minnesota’s next biggest general fund expenditure. In the 2022-2023 biennium, for example, HHS took up nearly thirty percent of all general…
The pandemic ended in 2021 for all practical purposes, with most Minnesotans eager to get back to life as usual. So many citizens may be surprised to learn that some…
The idea that investing in child care will bring with it huge rewards is big in St. Paul. Speaking at Laura MacArthur Elementary School in West Duluth regarding his “One…
The county’s effective use of resources for the mentally ill and chemical dependent is a cause for celebration.
Declining drug prices show Inflation Reduction Act’s focus on drug price controls missed the mark Not long after the President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the Department of Health…
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…
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…
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…
Earlier this year, St. Paul activists started a coalition to bring free preschool to St. Paul. The coalition, which is named SPARK — St. Paul All Ready for Kindergarten —…
At a recent conference hosted by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, Senator Amy Klobuchar failed to answer a reporter’s direct question about the nature of her proposed bill,…
A coalition of leaders in St. Paul wants the city to provide free Pre-K by raising the property tax. The St. Paul Ready for Kindergarten (SPARK) is asking individuals to…
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…
While the Affordable Care Act provided coverage through Medicaid expansion and generous premium subsidies, it also put the individual market in chaos and on the verge of collapse. Back in…
When I write about Minnesota’s high tax burden, I often get one of two responses. One is to say that the measure I’m using is wrong and that our taxes…
Imagine it’s March 2021 and they just announced the state budget deficit has grown to $5 or $6 billion for the next biennium. The economic slowdown from our over-reaction to…
Liberals will not relinquish their taste of power.
The high cost of childcare in Minnesota - caused chiefly by government regulation - strains families and our economy, especially in Greater Minnesota.