"The busier you are, the more money you lose," points out MNIndys Vice President and owner of St. Paul Corner Drug, John Hoeschen, RPh, during a recent interview with Twin Cities Business Magazine alongside his daughter and MNIndys Executive Director, Hildie Hoeschen, RN.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally approve Minnesota’s State Plan Amendment (SPA) for a Directed Pharmacy Payment Program (DPPP), which MNIndys helped passed in the Minnesota Legislature during the 2025 session. The program was intended to be implemented on July 1st, 2025, but has faced delays.

Families are still choosing between medicine and meals, and new policies — including Medicaid work requirements — threaten to undo hard-won gains of the ACA.

This Halloween, remember: the ghosts you should fear most aren’t in your attic. They’re in Big Insurance’s behavioral health directories.

In this piece see charts that show how premiums and deductibles have soared, as well as Big Insurance's stock prices.