DFL on the environment: avoiding the inevitable
What we need to ask Polymet is: ‘when are you going to present a plan that does not risk the land, the water, and the wilderness?’
Dave Mindeman
Red-state refusal on MA expansion is the real health-care failure
How much further could we have progressed if Red State politicians had not played political games with people’s lives?
Gov. Dayton is asking us to proceed on medical marijuana
Give Gov. Dayton a bill. Make him decide — I think he is sending signals that he wants that decision to make.
ACA has really turned that corner
In spite of significant early problems with the law’s implementation, millions of people are getting insurance.
Medical marijuana is legislative — not law enforcement — decision
Law enforcement has its view and we should certainly take that into account. But it is only one view.
At last, we see the Republican version of health care
The ACA may have its technological problems, but the GOP has no intention of fixing the underlying health care policy problem.
Are proposed GOP endorsement rules a bid to protect Rep. John Kline?
The proposed rules would block Kline opponent David Gerson from winning GOP endorsement.
The GOP health care pseudo-alternative
Breaking down the latest GOP health care proposal, there’s nothing new here.
It’s not minimum wage, it’s living wage — but don’t amend the constitution
Let’s also try to set a clear floor with a livable wage and then let the business models adjust to that.
Single payer: the logical choice, not the radical choice
We can’t continue to have 2/3rds of all bankruptcies caused by medical debt. We can’t continue with 45,000 people dying because they lack health care access.
If Obamacare were to fail, we’d still need to fix health care
Without Obamacare, we would still be complaining about a health care system that costs too much with too few options and too many people that can’t afford access.
MNsure has a jittery start, but it is here to stay
How will conservatives roll back Obamacare after millions of people have successfully gotten insurance they can afford?
The MN GOP’s top 10 Unaffordable Care ‘facts’
The MN GOP is circulating an e-mail to the “faithful” about Obamacare and the MN offshoot, MNsure. As usual the Republican idea of “facts” has to be examined more closely.
MNsure didn’t cause urban-rural disparity
MNSure didn’t cause these premium disparities; MNSure allowed for the transparency that reveals them.
Minimum wage arguments and the Henry Ford model
A business model that locks wages at the lowest scale is not a business of the future.
Sorry Amy, I’m sticking with Hillary
Sen. Klobuchar is an excellent Senator and I hope she has a very long and successful Minnesota career — but I doubt she will be quaking the 2016 field.
The budget tax deal
The DFL Legislature has agreed to a tax bill and it is a good one — but getting there was an adventure.
Gay marriage: breaking down the (potential) House vote
DFL Legislative leadership is a bit skittish about discussing any Gay Marriage initiatives, but heck, let’s speculate anyway.
Bachmann will probably run again — and she needs to lose
If Bachmann leaves, I want it to be permanent.
Paulsen says device tax ‘onerous’ — Industry? Not so much
Only 12% of the industry has a negative outlook for 2013. 71.1% had a positive outlook. And yes, the Medical Device Tax is currently in effect.
