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	<title>Politics in Minnesota &#187; Health Care</title>
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		<title>Topher Spiro: Beware of hysteria over new health insurance rates</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/05/topher-spiro-beware-of-hysteria-over-new-health-insurance-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloomberg News</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As insurers submit their proposed charges in every state under the Affordable Care Act, a pattern of large premium increases may emerge. And opponents of the 2010 health-care law will pounce. But the news media and the public shouldn’t succumb to their hysteria.

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		<title>House passes $11 billion HHS budget bill</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/04/house-passes-11-billion-hhs-budget-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/04/house-passes-11-billion-hhs-budget-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Briana Bierschbach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Budget / Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erin Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Gruenhagen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Human Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay McNamar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Abeler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Radinovich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Rosen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Dean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota House of Representatives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rosenthal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Torkelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shannon Savick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Drazkowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Liebling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Huntley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Morgan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats in the House have approved an $11.2 billion health and human services budget bill that would trim $150 million from spending over the next two years while also making first-ever investments in mental health programs in schools.]]></description>
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		<title>What to watch for in Minnesota&#8217;s coming legislative session</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/12/what-to-watch-for-in-minnesotas-coming-legislative-session/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/12/what-to-watch-for-in-minnesotas-coming-legislative-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Session Preview 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Hausman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brenda Cassellius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Mariani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Radatz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Dill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom Foundation of Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Range]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Metsa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Howe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Ventura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carlson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Marty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Blake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Gauthier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legacy amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Services Advocacy Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Ritchie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Sex Offender Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MinnesotaCare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NextGen Energy Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rosenthal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable fuels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Elwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Pappas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Offender Civil Commitment Advisory Task Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Simon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Liebling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Rukavina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Cornish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Lourey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Limmer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a guide to key policy matters that are likely to be addressed and heavily lobbied in the 2013 legislative session.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative DFLers back federal health law in Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/house-dflers-back-federal-health-law-at-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/01/house-dflers-back-federal-health-law-at-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erin Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori Swanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Huntley]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicsinminnesota.com/?p=35393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The DFLers' support of the law puts them at odds with most of their Republican counterparts at the Capitol and a host of other state legislatures, attorneys general and governors around the country.]]></description>
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		<title>Dayton and Hann lock horns over health care grants</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/dayton-and-hann-lock-horns-over-health-care-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/dayton-and-hann-lock-horns-over-health-care-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Schowalter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Health and Human Services Committee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Mark Dayton is calling a move by state Sen. David Hann to stall federal health care grants “undemocratic” and “unconscionable.” Hann says state legislators need to scrutinize the funding.]]></description>
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		<title>Public employee unions fight health care premium increases</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/public-employee-unions-fight-health-care-premium-increases/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/11/public-employee-unions-fight-health-care-premium-increases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFSCME]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEED]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliot Seide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leslie Sandberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAPE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MMB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Winkler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEIU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen unions representing approximately 43,000 workers are locked in difficult negotiations with the state over health care insurance premiums for the next two years.]]></description>
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		<title>Dayton&#8217;s health care panels will tackle costs, insurance exchange</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/10/daytons-health-care-panels-will-tackle-costs-insurance-exchange/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/10/daytons-health-care-panels-will-tackle-costs-insurance-exchange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:23:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Ehlinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health insurance exchanges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucinda Jesson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rothman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The two panels, one charged with overseeing health care reform initiatives and another that will work on a health insurance exchange, will include members academic, industry, advocacy interests along with lawmakers.]]></description>
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		<title>Government reform: Dayton’s turn</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/10/government-reform-dayton%e2%80%99s-turn/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/10/government-reform-dayton%e2%80%99s-turn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charley Shaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Briefing Room]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFSCME]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Zellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucinda Jesson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAPE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newborn screening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance contracting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state government reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tina Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veterans Homes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicsinminnesota.com/?p=33024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With another state budget deficit looming, Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration is planning to go public with ideas to change how government operates. House Republicans have made the most noise this summer and fall about government restructuring with their Reform 2.0 initiative.]]></description>
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		<title>A state’s-eye view for creating  insurance exchanges</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/07/a-state%e2%80%99s-eye-view-for-creating-insurance-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/07/a-state%e2%80%99s-eye-view-for-creating-insurance-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Janecek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Sebelius]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published last week its long-awaited rules for the health insurance exchanges that states are to set up under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t call it a tax increase</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/06/don%e2%80%99t-call-it-a-tax-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/06/don%e2%80%99t-call-it-a-tax-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian McDaniel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Weaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government shutdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kriesel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Beard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Garofalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Demko]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicsinminnesota.com/?p=29571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Republican legislators have zero interest in Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposal to raise $1.8 billion by increasing income taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents. That much is abundantly clear after months of fruitless debate between the two sides over how to close the state’s $5 billion budget deficit.]]></description>
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