Federal Government Shutdown Impacts Minnesota Healthcare
October 2, 2025
The federal government shutdown will affect the Minnesota healthcare system in several important ways.
October 10, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Commerce annually solicits input from healthcare professionals, patient advocates, health insurers and the public to evaluate and report the potential impacts of legislative proposals. These evaluations provided to the Minnesota Legislature are known as 62J reports.
For the 2024-2025 cycle, the department will evaluate nine proposed health benefit mandates for potential fiscal, economic, and public health impacts.
A high-level summary of the proposed mandates and more information on how to submit comments is available here. To ensure the department has sufficient time to review suggested data sources and incorporate new information into the final evaluation reports, interested parties should submit comments by November 18, 2024.
Contact Ashley Setala at ashley.setala@state.mn.us with questions. The Minnesota Department of Commerce may follow up with RFI respondents to request additional information about their submissions as needed.
Here is the electronic form to submit comments.
October 2, 2025
The federal government shutdown will affect the Minnesota healthcare system in several important ways.
October 2, 2025
Since September 29, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has confirmed 10 new cases of measles in the Twin Cities metro area, bringing the state’s total for the year to 18.
October 2, 2025
Two physicians, four physicians-in-training, the late House of Representatives Speaker Emerita, and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) were all honored with MMA awards as part of this year’s Empowering Physicians event on September 26 in Minneapolis.