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Three House proposals emerge to stabilize HCMC as operating losses project to $1.7 billion over next decade
By Winter Keefer
The state’s flagship trauma care and safety net hospital is in trouble and desperately looking to the Legislature for solutions to waylay potential permanent closure.
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minnesota’s largest emergency department and trauma center, has projected operating losses up to $50 million in 2026 and up to $1.7 billion over the next decade.
Multiple hospital and county leaders presented to the House Health Finance and Policy Committee Tuesday, emphasizing the dire nature of this situation. Lawmakers also presented three potential solutions for HCMC but no action was taken.
Up to this point, multiple factors have led to where HCMC is now:
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How short are the Legislature's short sessions?
By Lisa Kaczke
Rep. Ron Kresha (R-Little Falls) was ready to end the session March 25, making the motion to adjourn sine die. But not enough of his colleagues shared that sentiment, defeating ...
Stable budget outlook projects $3.7 billion surplus now, no deficit in next biennium
By Lisa Kaczke
The projected surplus for Fiscal Years 2026-27 is now higher than it was in the November estimate, and no deficit is projected for the next biennium.
“Minnesota’s budge...
