Senator John Marty

So that's why people make a lot of money on it, and they like to keep what they're doing.

So that's why people make a lot of money on it, and they like to keep what they're doing.

Absolutely. I couldn't agree more. Green is what shapes a lot of stuff. And we can't act as if it doesn't exist or isn't an important part of the economy. That's important. Again, my focus when I say I didn't design Minnesota Health Plan is a way to save money. I designed it because I think I want to have the best health care system in the world.

Absolutely. I couldn't agree more. Green is what shapes a lot of stuff. And we can't act as if it doesn't exist or isn't an important part of the economy. That's important. Again, my focus when I say I didn't design Minnesota Health Plan is a way to save money. I designed it because I think I want to have the best health care system in the world.

So people are healthier and they don't need to go to the doctor. And when they do, they get the care they need. But it will save money too.

So people are healthier and they don't need to go to the doctor. And when they do, they get the care they need. But it will save money too.

Sure. A couple of responses that the first one of which is which noodles would you pull out? Well, I spend a lot of my time and what we're talking about today is the big picture, how we need a different logical healthcare system. And I think we absolutely have to work on that.

Sure. A couple of responses that the first one of which is which noodles would you pull out? Well, I spend a lot of my time and what we're talking about today is the big picture, how we need a different logical healthcare system. And I think we absolutely have to work on that.

And part of the trouble is because of this noodle bowl, you're in your analogy, pulling one out is really a sticky, slippery mess. And yeah, And it's not easy to do. And so I would say let's not lose focus on let's fix the big picture. But in 36 years in the legislature, I spent an awful lot of time on the incremental things, the one noodle at a time, one noodle at a time and so on.

And part of the trouble is because of this noodle bowl, you're in your analogy, pulling one out is really a sticky, slippery mess. And yeah, And it's not easy to do. And so I would say let's not lose focus on let's fix the big picture. But in 36 years in the legislature, I spent an awful lot of time on the incremental things, the one noodle at a time, one noodle at a time and so on.

And I would like to make the case that arguing that working on the big picture is I think we need to do and we haven't been doing. is critically important. We cannot stop doing that. That should be our number one focus. But that does not excuse one from not saying, hey, we could make this change and make people's lives better now and improve the health care system now.

And I would like to make the case that arguing that working on the big picture is I think we need to do and we haven't been doing. is critically important. We cannot stop doing that. That should be our number one focus. But that does not excuse one from not saying, hey, we could make this change and make people's lives better now and improve the health care system now.

There is no excuse for not doing that. Most of my time on health care has been on those incremental changes. And I would make the same argument on others, and that is that those who are working on incremental changes because we want to accomplish something, That's very important. But that does not excuse you from looking at the big picture. So we don't have this messy bowl of noodles.

There is no excuse for not doing that. Most of my time on health care has been on those incremental changes. And I would make the same argument on others, and that is that those who are working on incremental changes because we want to accomplish something, That's very important. But that does not excuse you from looking at the big picture. So we don't have this messy bowl of noodles.

Yeah. And part of the thing, when you talk about mental health, we have a huge shortage of mental health practitioners across the board. And Fairview... mHealth, Fairviews are now called. They keep changing their names, but every health system, their marketing plans, somebody's making a lot of money changing names all the time.

Yeah. And part of the thing, when you talk about mental health, we have a huge shortage of mental health practitioners across the board. And Fairview... mHealth, Fairviews are now called. They keep changing their names, but every health system, their marketing plans, somebody's making a lot of money changing names all the time.

And it's good for their business model, but it's not necessarily a change in healthcare. But when they bought out HealthEast, another health system in the past, Metro HealthEast was East Metro. When Fairview announced that they were buying that out a few years ago, They talk about they will enhance and improve services in the East Metro area. Look at their press releases. They promise that.

And it's good for their business model, but it's not necessarily a change in healthcare. But when they bought out HealthEast, another health system in the past, Metro HealthEast was East Metro. When Fairview announced that they were buying that out a few years ago, They talk about they will enhance and improve services in the East Metro area. Look at their press releases. They promise that.

First, one of the first things, major things they do is to close Bethesda and St. Joe's Hospital. I'll focus on St. Joe's Hospital, which tended to deal with mental health, tended to deal with addictions, substance use disorder, tended to deal with mental health, those kind of what some call behavioral health issues. Why do they want to shut it down? They were losing money on it.

First, one of the first things, major things they do is to close Bethesda and St. Joe's Hospital. I'll focus on St. Joe's Hospital, which tended to deal with mental health, tended to deal with addictions, substance use disorder, tended to deal with mental health, those kind of what some call behavioral health issues. Why do they want to shut it down? They were losing money on it.