Health and Human Services

The Health and Human Services omnibus bill passed the Minnesota Legislature Monday with deep cuts totaling $500 million and now awaits action from Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who is expected to veto the bill. Catholic leaders say the bill should be signed because it’d impact the poor less than would Pawlenty’s proposal, and further cuts would [...]

The proposal for single-payer health care in Minnesota is seeing more profound support this year than in the previous fifteen years or so that the bill has been up for consideration.