MN Legislative Session 2025: Budget + House & Senate Updates

Minnesota Legislative Session 2025: Governor's budget released, House and Senate updates and Special Election news....

Minnesota Legislative Session 2025: Uncertainties + Narrow Margins

MN Legislative Session 2025: The legislative landscape is marked by uncertainties, narrow margins and the need for bipartisanship....
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2025 Minnesota Legislative Session: Recounts, Power-Sharing & What’s Next

MAFP lobbyist Megan Verdeja discusses the 2025 Minnesota Legislative Session, election recounts, power-sharing and the budget forecast....
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2024 Minnesota Election Recap + What’s Next

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians new lobbyist Megan Verdeja shares a recap of the 2024 election results....
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Treat and Reduce Obesity Act: Why It Matters

Britta Reierson, MD, FAAFP, DABOM, shares about the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA), how it aims to address gaps in obesity care and why it matters for patients....
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American Academy of Family Physicians Advocacy Update, June 2024

Federal advocacy update: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act; June 13, 2024, SCOTUS ruling; access to COVID-19 vaccines; Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems proposed rule; and more....

2024 MN Legislative Session Ends: Prior Authorization Reform Passed

2024 Minnesota legislative session recap: updates on prior authorization reform, physician well-being, insurance coverage, graduate medical education funding and more....

The Importance of Screening Patients for Military Service

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Suicide Prevention, Community Engagement and Partnerships Coordinator Andrea Perry, RN, shares about the importance of screening primary care patients for military service....

MN Legislative Update: Omnibus Bill Includes Prior Authorization Reform

2024 Minnesota legislative update: the status of legislation on prior authorization reform, a public option, firearm safety, medical debt and more....

MN Legislative Update: Health & Human Services, Prior Authorization Reform + More

2024 Minnesota legislative session update: what to expect in the final weeks of session, status of the omnibus health and human services bills and prior authorization reform and more....