April 17, 2025
The MMA is among 250 healthcare organizations from across the country to sign a letter supporting community water fluoridation.
"What has been lauded as one of the ten greatest public health achievements of the 20th century has recently become politicized and gravely misrepresented," said the letter that was sent to all members of Congress, the HHS Secretary, the EPA Administrator, and the CDC Acting Director on April 15. "It is our duty – as health professionals, dental experts, advocates, and researchers – to proactively combat this misinformation being spread to the people of the United States."
Along with the MMA, other Minnesota groups signing the letter included: the Minnesota Dental Association, the Minnesota Dental Hygienists Association, the Minnesota Dental Therapy Association and the Minnesota Oral Health Association.
“Community water fluoridation remains the only way to ensure that all people – especially those who are at greatest risk for dental disease and who have the fewest resources to maintain their oral health – can reap its cavity-preventing benefits,” the letter said.
July 16, 2025
On July 8, the MMA submitted a formal comment in opposition to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule that would dramatically restrict states’ ability to impose Medicaid provider taxes on insurance companies.
July 16, 2025
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison met with the MMA Board of Trustees at its July 14 meeting and offered to regularly engage with the group to discuss the state’s healthcare issues.
July 16, 2025
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning its registrants of new fraud schemes in which scammers impersonate DEA personnel and notify them that they are under investigation, presumably to obtain personal information.