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“Congress should look at what we are doing in Minnesota, among the healthiest states in the nation,” writes Gov. Tim Pawlenty in a new blog post about the Baucus health care bill. “[G]overnment mandates will only shift the burden of exploding costs onto the shoulders of taxpayers and ordinary Americans unable to cover them.” But his [...]

Gov. Pawlenty continued his joke-recycling program Tuesday by telling Fox News’ Sean Hannity that having the government watch your money is like having Michael Vick watch your dog for the weekend. Here’s another good one: Putting Pawlenty in charge of General Assistance Medical Care is like letting Steven David Strachota give your puppy flight lessons.
Elsewhere in Minnesota [...]

Ominous news about job losses and financial woes at Minnesota hospitals over the last week coincide with Gov. Pawlenty’s line-item veto of $381 million in General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) grants and his vow to make more cuts by unallotment. But as bad as the doomsday scenarios are, they shouldn’t include St. Paul’s Regions Hospital closing — a prospect that a DFL press release warned of over the weekend.