MMA

Guest: Janet Silversmith, MMA director of health policy. Topic: Silversmith reviews MMA's desire for state legislators to create a Minnesota-based Health Insurance Exchange.

Guest: Dave Renner, MMA’s director of state and federal legislation. Topic: Renner discusses how physicians and nurses need to work in a coordinated manner to ensure patients get the care they need. 

Guest: Janet Silversmith, MMA’s director of health policy. Topic: Silversmith discusses why the MMA is advocating for the state of Minnesota to expand Medical Assistance for those earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level. 

Guest: Juliana Milhofer, an MMA policy analyst. Topic: Milhofer discusses the need to invest more in medical education in Minnesota, in particular reinstating Medical Education and Research Costs (MERC) and loan forgiveness funds cut by the 2011 legislation.