Commentary

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Price transparency alone won’t keep health care costs down

BY: - January 15, 2020

Surveys consistently show that affordability of healthcare is a top issue that Americans want their elected officials to address. The United States spends twice as much per capita on health care as other developed nations — $10,586 compared with the $5,086 OECD average. It’s a tremendous burden on federal and state budgets, businesses and public […]

Daily Reformer: Who will be the next Senate minority leader?

BY: - January 14, 2020

“You think they're going to take down one of their own when they have this reapportionment coming?”

Welcome to the Minnesota Reformer

BY: - January 14, 2020

Our family visited the Minnesota History Center last weekend, and I was struck by the simple power of an exhibit showing a tiny prairie homestead from the 1870s. It’s a dark, earthen hovel with little more than a bedroll and a stove. A video projection shows the harsh weather out the “window,” first rain and […]

Vice President Walter Mondale: Protect the Boundary Waters

BY: - January 14, 2020

This sacred place is now under attack like never before. Donald Trump and his administration have launched an all-out assault by fast-tracking a risky sulfide-ore copper mining project proposed by Chilean conglomerate Antofagasta.