May 8, 2025
MMA member and State Sen. Matt Klein, MD, (DFL-Mendota Heights) announced on May 6 that he's running in 2026 for Minnesota's Second Congressional District, a seat being vacated by U.S. Rep Angie Craig, who is running for the U.S. Senate.
Klein is a hospitalist at the Mayo Clinic. Klein was elected to the West St Paul school board in 2013, and to the state senate in 2016, where he represents the communities of West St Paul, South St Paul, Mendota Heights, and Inver Grove Heights.
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“It’s great to see our members getting politically involved at both a state and Federal level,” said MMA President Edwin Bogonko, MD, MBA. “Physicians need to be at the table wherever decisions are being made about the practice of medicine.”
Klein is the second physician and MMA member to run for Congress in recent years. Member and former State Sen. Kelly Morrison, MD, ran and was elected to serve Minnesota’s Third Congressional District in 2024.
May 29, 2025
As the Legislature works to complete its work on the state’s two-year budget, another deadline is looming. Legislators are required to pass a balanced budget before the end of the fiscal year—June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet that deadline, the state will begin a partial shutdown.
May 29, 2025
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Reflection and Engagement event, featuring best-selling author Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD.
May 29, 2025
The AMA is encouraging physicians to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to revise the reconciliation bill passed recently by the U.S. House of Representatives. While the bill includes language that would stabilize Medicare physician payments, it also threatens to cripple Medicaid and CHIP.