Congratulations UMN School of Public Health Dr. Shekinah A. Fashaw-Walters for well-deserved recognition!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

MN had a 40-year ban on for-profit HMOs despite being the headquarters for the massive United HealthGroup. In 2017, the legislature allowed for-profits in. In 2024, MN’s trifecta banned for-profits from Medicaid. Stay tuned..Christopher Snowbeck⁩ #mnleg startribune.com/for-profit-hmo…

Time for State Based Marketplaces (including MNsure) to move into an “active purchaser” mode and require data to assess outcomes, equity and quality of their carriers. thx ⁦Sabrina Corlette⁩ commonwealthfund.org/blog/2024/rais…

That is UMN School of Public Health University of Minnesota Law School alum Anne Dwyer! Important information! #umnproud

#Timberwovles !!!

40% of US adults are estimated to have some form of medical debt-⁦Heather Howard⁩ highlights state action to address this growing and uniquely US problem! ⁦Health Affairs⁩ healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/for…

Yay! Hannah Neprash

That time of year. Grateful for wonderful colleagues who bring me joy. Could not always say this! UMN School of Public Health Sarah Gollust Dori Cross Janette Dill Carrie Henning-Smith Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA Zinzi Bailey, ScD, MSPH Zinzi Bailey, ScD, MSPH

St. Paul, MN.

IPUMS #MEPS released a Summary Variable Builder, allowing data users to define new person-level variables that summarize information from the event and medical conditions data. So cool! MPC
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Interested in state RxPT & analysis to promote affordability? Join us for some nation-leading work in #mn to lead the policy portfolio

Look for Job ID 76353 (tinyurl.com/3uxszfjj). More detail about the initiative: tinyurl.com/yc6jf5u3
Sayeh Nikpay Stacie Dusetzina NASHP

Joan Alker shared her expertise with Mississippi Today that the Medicaid expansion deal in Mississippi is really no deal to hang your hat on at all.

14 states now have child tax credits including Minnesota, Oregon & Utah enacted in 2023. MN's credit is the most generous of any state-$1,750 for each child up to age 18 in qualifying households. The New Republic
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Spring! Central Park NYC

Interested in Minnesota health care market statistics & trends? You cannot miss the Health Economics Program Chartbook series tinyurl.com/4bchw7x2
We updated data on coverage and ESI. 🆕This includes some national comparisons. @MMC_Bgraves.
Thanks SHADAC for one metric.

Disappointing news. To understand why, check out my recent podcast with Keith Wailoo and Carol McGruder Carol McGruder about the racial marketing of menthol cigarettes and the thousands of lives that could be saved by banning them. chw.princeton.edu/news/podcast-d… cnn.com/2024/04/26/hea…

.Jen Schultz for Congress MN08 is crisscrossing her district, showing up, listening to concerns of residents. She is a work horse and the best candidate for #MN08 !

Is this the future of rural health care?
MN hospital could transition to state's 1st rural emergency facility. No inpatient services or swing beds, five-bay emergency room, observation beds and outpatient care. tinyurl.com/52tnp3vb

Appears that the Minnesota 'Public Option' health care plan is making progress at the Capitol. Here's what Star Tribune Opinion had to say and the serious questions Ed Board has about this reform. startribune.com/editorial-clar…

Wow! UMN School of Public Health Professor Rachel Hardeman one of Times 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024!! 'Hardeman asks tough questions, confronts uncomfortable realities with grace, and offers all of us a path forward toward truly advancing birth equity.' Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH