Minnesota campaign
Every day, Minnesotans are skipping prescriptions, delaying care, and draining our savings because healthcare costs too much. For too long, corporations have extracted obscene profits from our healthcare system. It's time to build a Minnesota where getting care doesn't mean going broke — and where patients, not corporate profits, come first.
No matter where we live, how much money we've got, or what we look like, we all deserve quality healthcare we can afford.
But right now, massive hospitals and private insurance companies put their bottom lines above the health and wellbeing of everyday people. In 2025 alone, UnitedHealth Group — a homegrown company based here in Minnesota — reported nearly $450 billion in revenue. That's hundreds of billions of dollars taken away from improving our quality of care, expanding medical services, wiping medical debt, or letting someone afford their next appointment or a life-saving operation.
And UnitedHealth Group is just one insurance company. But the problem isn't just insurance companies.
Many executives have turned hospitals into profit-hungry machines. Hospital leadership have surged executive compensation packages and administrative costs. Some reports indicate hospitals on average spend twice as much money on overhead as they do on direct patient care. As we're seeing in two instances right now in Minnesota, hospitals are buying up their competitors to corner the market so they can raise healthcare prices and cut services — both to keep profit margins climbing year over year.
But if you're reading this now, you probably don't need to be persuaded. Most people recognize our healthcare system is broken. You might even have a personal story where you faced it yourself.
So the question is: what are we going to do about it?
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Limit out-of-pocket costs so no Minnesotan skips a prescription or delays care because of price.
Stop hospital and insurer mergers that corner local markets, raise prices and cut services.
Require public reporting on profits, executive pay, claim denials and administrative overhead.
Defend Medicaid and MinnesotaCare from federal cuts that would push families off coverage.
Minnesota Story
Placeholder name — Duluth, MN
I rationed my insulin for three months because the copay went up again. I ended up in the ER, and that bill was ten times what the medicine would have cost.
Placeholder detail: what the emergency room bill meant for this household in the months that followed.
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Care across Minnesota
Twin Cities Metro selected. The metro is home to the country's largest insurer and to hundreds of thousands of patients fighting denials, premium hikes and consolidation.
The metro is home to the country's largest insurer and to hundreds of thousands of patients fighting denials, premium hikes and consolidation.
$400.3B
Revenue reported in 2024 by UnitedHealth Group, headquartered in Eden Prairie, while claim denials and out-of-pocket costs kept climbing.
Day of action at the Capitol
September 24, 2026 · Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul
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Share your story
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A claim that was denied, delayed or appealed.
A bill, premium or prescription cost you could not absorb.
Care you had to travel for, wait for, or go without.
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A running record of how Minnesota's congressional delegation votes on healthcare affordability, and what the state's largest healthcare corporations report in public filings.
Voting record on healthcare affordability
Grades reflect the campaign's healthcare affordability priorities based on the votes shown below. How scoring works
Rep. Brad Finstad (R)
MN-01
Rep. Angie Craig (D)
MN-02
Rep. Kelly Morrison (D)
MN-03
Rep. Betty McCollum (D)
MN-04
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D)
MN-05
Rep. Tom Emmer (R)
MN-06
Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R)
MN-07
Rep. Pete Stauber (R)
MN-08
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D)
Statewide
Sen. Tina Smith (D)
Statewide
Profits, executive pay, costs and service cuts
UnitedHealth Group
Insurer + health services • Eden Prairie, MN
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Allina Health
Nonprofit hospital system • Minneapolis, MN
View sources for Allina Health (IRS Form 990 / Allina Health) — opens in a new tab
Mayo Clinic
Nonprofit health system • Rochester, MN
View sources for Mayo Clinic (IRS Form 990 / Mayo Clinic reporting) — opens in a new tabAbout the scorecard
Every number and vote is sourced from public records. Elected-official scores reflect this campaign's stated healthcare affordability priorities.
View methodology & all sources →Campaign scores reflect this campaign's policy priorities and are based solely on the votes listed below. Corporate figures are reported financial data — not campaign grades.
Government cuts
May 21, 2026
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Minnesota DHS estimates federal Medicaid changes could eventually cause up to 140,000 Minnesotans to lose coverage, with new eligibility, reporting and work requirements rolling out beginning in 2027.
Corporate profits
July 16, 2026
UnitedHealth Group
Minnesota-based UnitedHealth reported $112 billion in quarterly revenue and $8 billion in operating earnings while raising its full-year earnings outlook.
Hospital consolidation
May 21, 2026
Allina Health
Allina Health and Sutter Health have signed a definitive agreement to create an integrated nonprofit health system. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2026, pending regulatory review.
Coverage loss
July 12, 2026
MPR News
MNsure enrollment fell about 12% from the prior year as higher premiums and the expiration of enhanced federal tax credits increased what families pay for coverage.
Service cuts
January 26, 2026
MPR News
Minnesota's largest safety-net health system announced cuts to about 100 full-time positions and five medical programs while confronting a projected $50 million budget shortfall.
Hospital consolidation
May 8, 2026
MPR News
North Memorial Health and South Dakota-based Sanford Health signed an agreement to combine into a single nonprofit health system, another major consolidation proposed for Minnesota healthcare.
Rural healthcare
June 22, 2026
MPR News
Rural hospitals across Minnesota are preparing for significant Medicaid funding reductions while waiting for federal assistance intended to soften the impact.
Clinic closures
September 9, 2025
Healthcare Dive
Mayo Clinic announced the closure of six Minnesota clinics and reductions to several services in Albert Lea, citing low patient volumes and persistent staffing shortages.
Access to care
March 30, 2026
Minnesota Hospital Association
The Minnesota Hospital Association says 19 labor and delivery programs have closed across the state as hospitals struggle with mounting financial pressures.
Cuts. Closures. Consolidation. Rising costs. Follow what's changing across Minnesota's healthcare system.
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Upcoming
September 12, 2026
6:30 PM
Willmar Community Center, Willmar, MN
Neighbors, patients and care workers share what rising costs and service cuts look like in Kandiyohi County.
Upcoming
September 24, 2026
12:00 PM
Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul, MN
Deliver patient stories and the campaign's affordability platform directly to legislators.
Past
August 6, 2026
5:30 PM
Eden Prairie, MN
Hundreds gathered to call out record profits while claim denials climb.
Past
July 18, 2026
7:00 PM
Robbinsdale, MN
Local patients and nurses raised concerns about service cuts after acquisition.
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