Tag: Health Care
State leaders strike agreement on two-year budget, DFL legislators protest
Republicans and Democrats in St. Paul struck a deal on Minnesota's next two-year budget. The deal will fund state government through June of 2027...
US House GOP plans to strip billions from states that give...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- House Republicans released a new Medicaid plan that would significantly cut federal funding for states that provide taxpayer-funded health...
‘This is an astounding surge’: GOP issues warning as 17,000 illegal...
The number of illegal immigrants enrolled in MinnesotaCare has far exceeded the initial estimates put forward by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (MDH),...
Charges say man threatened to ‘shoot up’ UnitedHealthcare building
A Hopkins man is facing four felony charges after he allegedly threatened to “shoot up” UnitedHealthcare’s Minnetonka headquarters.
A criminal complaint says police were dispatched...
The Healthy Skeptic: More misleading health system comparisons
The Commonwealth Fund is run by radical ideologues who believe the government should run everything. It is funded by ideologues, run by ideologues and...
Commentary: America is sick, and RFK Jr. could have the medicine
America is sick.
According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., “the CDC says that we are the sickest people on earth. We have the highest chronic...
The Healthy Skeptic: The controversy behind pharmacy benefit managers
Health care is a large and complex sector of the United States' economy. Many companies have sprung up to deliver and manage the delivery...
The Healthy Skeptic: Inflation in health care and health insurance
Recent government releases on price trends suggests that health care and health insurance prices are increasing at a relatively low rate. The Bureau of...
UnitedHealth Group sues Minnesota over ‘jumbo omnibus’ legislation
UnitedHealth Group is suing the Minnesota Department of Human Services over an expansive omnibus bill that the DFL-controlled legislature passed in the final moments...
The Healthy Skeptic: Where health care dollars go
Last week, I summarized part of the most recent annual report on national health spending. In this column, the focus is on where the...