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.
October 9, 2025
The MMA is partnering with Hennepin Healthcare to offer an in-person session on “Supporting Patients, Families, and Professionals in the Aftermath of Crisis” on October 21 from 6 to 8 pm in Room RL110 at the HCMC Red Building, 730 South 8th Street, in Minneapolis.
October 9, 2025
The MMA, in partnership with the Wisconsin Medical Society, will lead a panel discussion titled "The Role of Medical and Professional Societies in Supporting Clinicians and Community Health" at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2025: Bold Innovation and Partnerships symposium, to be held on October 27-28, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.
October 2, 2025
The federal government shutdown will affect the Minnesota healthcare system in several important ways.