Healthcare legislation in Minnesota is coming down to the wire. Sure, the governor has okayed legislation to allow alcohol in the University’s football stadium, but he has promised to veto any bill brought forth by the Dem-controlled lawmaking body that he says will cost the state dearly if its Medicaid program is expanded. GOP lawmakers (in the minority) do not support such a move, leaving the governor well-positioned to uphold his threat for a veto.

Meanwhile, tensions are flaring in the run-up to a possible nursing strike among the region’s major healthcare systems. Hospitals, derailed the by the surprise termination of a morally bankrupt spokeswoman,^[1] are on alert with a vote next week on whether to go ahead with what would be a major nursing walkout of an approximate 12000-member strong workforce. | LINK

1. She failed to disclose a prior conviction and reprimand from the South Dakota Board of Nursing for the embezzlement of funds from the HR department at her previous employer. [↩]

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