health care reform

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s Nov. 5 rally in opposition to Democrat-led health care reform sure has generated press for the Sixth District Republican, but increasingly in ways she might not have anticipated. She ended up apologizing, sort of, for rally attendees who used imagery of Holocaust victims to express their dislike for reforms. Government watchdog group [...]

In brief, back-to-back appearances, U.S. Reps. John Kline and Jim Oberstar delivered diametrically opposed statements on the floor of the House of Representatives Saturday night during the historic debate over national health care reform.

Minnesota’s largest anti-abortion group, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, is vigorously opposing all of the health reform proposals being offered by Democrats in Congress — and it’s not just about abortion. Several Republican talking points have crept into the group’s campaign, and most of them have been debunked by the very fact-checkers the group uses [...]

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) announced today that the organization will support the health care reform package moving through Congress, but only if it includes provisions for nonprofit agencies.

Rep. Betty McCollum is spearheading an effort to get nonprofit employees included in the health reform benefits being planned for small businesses. She has penned a letter to congressional leaders urging them to consider nonprofits on a level playing field with small businesses.

President Obama’s health care rally in Minneapolis on Saturday brought out both foes of the Democrat and fans who often ribbed the other side through pithy signs (one man carried a placard that read “Angry white people against everything!”). But inside the Target Center is where the real action happened: Nearly 20,000 people turned out, including a cast of national and local officials and a 7-foot, 8-inch-tall Rochester man dubbed the “World’s Biggest Obama Supporter.” Photojournalist Kathy Easthagen was there to capture the scene for the Minnesota Independent.

President Barack Obama made his case for an overhaul of the nation’s beleaguered health-care system before a crowd of roughly 20,000 at the Target Center on Saturday. His supporters left the arena fired up, but it remains to be seen whether the rally will have any impact on how the debate plays out in Washington.

The Iowa-based American Future Fund –  a conservative, free market group that ran ads here last year on behalf of Norm Coleman’s senate candidacy and against that of eventual winner Al Franken — is again running ads in Minnesota. This time the aim is to solidify Rep. Collin Peterson’s opposition to his party’s health care [...]

Following her Saturday morning forum on health care reform in St. Cloud, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s got another engagement, according to the “Minnesota Tea Party Patriots.” She’ll be immediately heading to nearby Lake George for a “tea party” featuring gun-rights advocate (and MnIndy commenter) Joel Rosenberg and radio host Dave Thompson. But, according to Bluestem Prairie’s [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann will host her second town hall on health care reform this Saturday in St. Cloud, according to a Tuesday afternoon email to supporters. The event will be held from 8:30 to 10 am at the Tech High School gymnasium at 233 12th Avenue S in St. Cloud.