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June 2026 Newsletter
This month’s newsletter highlights new research showing that Minnesota has the highest Medicaid managed care administrative costs in the nation, introduces HCA-MN’s new Co-Chairs, Rose Roach and Dave Garibaldi, and provides updates on the Patient Centered Care bill. You’ll also find information on upcoming events, volunteer opportunities at Twin Cities
Ahhh, THIS is how we got here
Senator Cory Booker posted this excellent explainer.
https://x.com/corybooker/status/1989747682877845724?s=46
Why Private Equity is Buying Hospitals & Shutting Them Down
This Investigative report by More Perfect Union is posted on YouTube. With all the talk about hospitals these days, this video describes the threat posed by private equity investors buying up pieces of the U.S. health care system, siphoning resources, loading them up with debt, and closing facilities or causing
HCA-MN Activists at the Capitol
Activists from across the state came together March 10 at the Capitol for Health Care for All Minnesota’s 2026 Health Care Lobby Day. Nearly 100 attendees, advocates, community members, and partners showed up in force to demand a health care system that puts people over profit.
Patient Centered Bill Would Counteract Federal Medical Cuts
Due to the emergency created for Minnesota’s Medicaid program by the
funding cuts from July’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Dave Garibaldi and Don Pylkkanen (co-chairs of the Legislative Policy Committee), Kip Sullivan, and Ken Engelhart (chair of the Coalition Builders Committee) have recommended that HCA-MN’s priority from now
Despite Advantages of the ACA, Health Care Financing Reform is Unsustainable
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credit subsidies for health insurance that were
passed by Congress during the Covid pandemic are due to expire on January 1, 2026. Twenty
million Americans are expected to see a premium increase of at least 75% on average without
the
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