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HHS Omnibus Bill
On Monday, the House voted on the House Democrat Health and Human Services Omnibus. This almost 1,000 page bill spends more than $650 million above current levels of funding and continue to expand government-run healthcare, imposing burdensome new mandates that drive up the cost of health care for Minnesota families.
Major issues with the bill include:
- It creates new mandates for insurers and drug companies which will increase the cost of care.
- More mandates and limitations for hospitals which will negatively impact hospitals’ ability to care for and support patients. New mandates placed on private insurance, while exempting some public programs. If something is good then why only put it on private plans?
- Expands government run healthcare by putting government bureaucrats in charge of drug, dental, and nonemergency medical transport coverage for all public program enrollees.
- Dramatically changes welfare programs by providing less oversight and reporting requirements for those on public programs.
The expanding of government control is troublesome, considering the 11 audits of DHS and MDH , over the last nine years resulted in findings of inadequate controls, not following regulations, fraud, and numerous inadequacies.
We should be fixing the departments before expanding their control over your medical care.
The bill, like almost all the House omnibus bills, passed without any bipartisan support and like the other omnibus bills passed by the House Majority, will not become law without major revisions thanks to the Republican Senate Majority.
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Law Enforcement Funding
On Tuesday the House and Senate passed $7.8 million to provide funding for public safety assistance costs in the Twin Cities, sending the bill to Gov. Walz's desk for his signature. The bill provides $1.5 million in funding to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) to reimburse out-of-state law enforcement from Ohio & Nebraska who traveled to the Twin Cities to provide assistance for the Chauvin Trial, and $6.3 million for State Patrol Trooper and DNR Conservation Officer expenses.
This support from our fellow midwestern states was critical in making sure peace was kept through the Chauvin trial, while also protecting those exercising their First Amendment rights. I also signed on to a letter to the governors of Ohio & Nebraska thanking them for sending law enforcement personnel.
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Please Stay in Touch
Please continue to stay in touch to share your thoughts or concerns. My phone number is 651-296-9236 or you can email me at rep.duane.quam@house.mn.
Have a great weekend!
 Duane
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247 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55155
ph: 651.296.9236 |
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