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		<title>Quick Capitol Update: Forced Unionization of Daycare Owners; Vikings and Federal Grants for Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/15/quick-capitol-update-forced-unionization-of-daycare-owners-vikings-and-federal-grants-for-healthcare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen Mike Parry and Day Care Unionization Update KSTP Story: http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2371151.shtml?cat=1 Statement: http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_pr_display.php?ls=&#38;id=4175 Vikings Update Dayton Commentary in Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/133714878.html FOX 9 follow up with Sen Koch: http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/sports/Dayton%3A-Get-Serious-on-Vikes-Stadium-nov-13-2011 Sen Hann &#38; Federal Grant Money Article: http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/133503423.html Video: http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/media/media_video_popup.php?type=clips&#38;id=499 Interview w/Sen Hann: http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/media/index.php?ls=&#38;sid=559 Informational hearing on federal grant money WHO:      Committee Chair, Senator David Hann, Members of Senate HHS Committee WHAT:     [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance Exchanges: The Utah Market</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/02/insurance-exchanges-the-utah-market/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/02/insurance-exchanges-the-utah-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can a state make an insurance exchange work? While Utah is sometimes held up as an example of a market-friendly exchange, it&#8217;s not clear that it works. That&#8217;s the contention of John Graham, who says that &#8220;an utterly trivial proportion of the exchange’s target market&#8221; have benefited. To be fair, new services sometimes take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative Proponent of Insurance Exchange Steps Back</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/01/conservative-proponent-of-insurance-exchange-steps-back/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/01/conservative-proponent-of-insurance-exchange-steps-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Governor Dayton&#8217;s move to prod the development of an insurance exchange in Minnesota, it&#8217;s worth noting that a leading conservative proponent of exchanges has flipped. Edmund Haislmaier, of The Heritage Foundation, was an early proponent in conservative circles of the idea of insurance &#8220;exchanges.&#8221; But in light of recent developments at the U.S. Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting out the Middle Man, Health Care Version</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/10/14/cutting-out-the-middle-man-health-care-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While health insurance may be necessary for catastrophic events, it can also get in the way. A Minnesota-based organization is seeking to help doctors and patients connect in a way that avoids the paperwork hassle of insurance companies. Patient Doctor Direct, based out of Long Lake, is free to patients. (Doctors pay a modest annual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Minnesota drop out of Medicaid?</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/09/26/should-minnesota-drop-out-of-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/09/26/should-minnesota-drop-out-of-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the possible consequences of ObamaCare is that states might come out ahead financially  by dropping out of Medicaid&#8211;and without reducing the number of people receiving taxpayer assistance. First, here&#8217;s a quick review of Medicaid. No state has to have a Medicaid program, but all of them do. That&#8217;s because if they do, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Good for ObamaCare is Bad for Minnesota Jobs</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/09/08/whats-good-for-obamacare-is-bad-for-minnesota-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/09/08/whats-good-for-obamacare-is-bad-for-minnesota-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When industry trade groups and companies talk about public policy, they often engage in special pleading, asking for special tax breaks or regulatory preferences. But sometimes their claims do in fact serve the public interest&#8211;especially when they call attention to unusual taxes or onerous regulations. Such is the case with the medical hardware industry and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heads Up, Minnesota! Wisconsin Sees Immediate Returns on Union Reforms</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/08/18/heads-up-minnesota-wisconsin-sees-immediate-returns-on-union-reforms/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/08/18/heads-up-minnesota-wisconsin-sees-immediate-returns-on-union-reforms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal today detailed some of the immediate benefits from the reforms championed by Gov. Walker and the GOP lead legislature: a balanced budget without tax increases (see Ohio and Indiana, too), huge savings for school districts on health-care plans who are now free to get competitive bids, and]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Court Rules Individual Mandate Unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/08/12/7936/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/08/12/7936/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The republican form of government received a small bit of good news today, as a federal appeals court ruled the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (&#8220;ObamaCare&#8221;) unconstitutional. The ruling provides more grist for a sure-to-come ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling came from a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical device tax hurts both patients and providers&#8211;and has big impact in Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/07/23/medical-device-tax-hurts-both-patients-and-providers-and-has-big-impact-in-minnesota/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/07/23/medical-device-tax-hurts-both-patients-and-providers-and-has-big-impact-in-minnesota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ObamaCare created an arbitrary 2.3% excise tax on medical device manufacturers that could have a devastating impact on the jobs of over 26,000 people in our state who work for medical device companies. The healthcare legislation will fall heavily on smaller, start-up companies as well large innovative businesses that are essential to revitalizing our economy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Omnibus Omits Health Insurance Exchange After All</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/07/20/hhs-omnibus-omits-health-insurance-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/07/20/hhs-omnibus-omits-health-insurance-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John LaPlante</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I made my commentary on the HHS omnibus bill, at least one significant change came about&#8211;the elimination of language dealing with insurance exchanges. This is a big deal. Lines 258.29-259.34, 259.1 and 259.2 of this version of the bill (which all run together) appropriated money for a &#8220;streamlined eligibility determination” system for state health care [...]]]></description>
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