By Kate Raddatz MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota doctors are sounding the alarm about the dire state of hospitals amid the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. On Wednesday, health care workers from across the state gathered in the Twin Cities to share stories about what...

By Alisa Roth Some contend the contracts harm patients and worsen the provider shortage, but hospitals say they keep the costs of health care down When scouting for her first full-time job as a psychiatrist, Erica Burger set her sights on Duluth. She and her husband,...

By Editorial Board Star Tribune An editorial writer could have saved money with new law, but failed to take advantage.  Minnesotans have an important new tool to reduce their prescription drug costs. The trouble is that they may not be aware of it, or a restless line...

by Dr. Alice Mann It must look at executive compensation and at big spending on lobbying before asking others to absorb the pain of affordability.  Stephen Ubl, CEO of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical lobbying group (“Drug makers are trying to help diabetes...

by John Gessner Mann has eventful first session The “Mann plan,” a phrase that surfaced at the state Capitol this year, isn’t a formal proposal. The House of Representatives was debating health care reinsurance when a senior Republican member “who liked to pick on...

Legislation to increase transparency and accountability for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) took its final step with the adoption of the conference committee’s recommendations by both the House (130-2) and Senate (67-0). The bill was sent to the governor for his...

By Victoria Cooney Dramatic and sudden increases in prescription costs have put people’s lives at risk, and Republican and DFL members of the House agree that something needs to be done to address the root causes of the problem. Passed 87-42 by the House...