Minnesota Medicaid Lobbying Scorecard (186 Requests)

Name: Minnesota Medicaid Lobbying Scorecard (186 Requests)
Creator: Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project
Published: 2026-03-14
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Author: Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project | Last updated: March 15, 2026

What each stakeholder asked Minnesota's Legislature for vs what passed. 186 Medicaid requests tracked across 5 sessions from 2015 to 2024.

Lobbying Scorecard Summary

This analysis tracks 186 Medicaid-related lobbying requests across 5 legislative sessions from 2015 to 2024, comparing what each stakeholder group asked for versus what actually passed into law.

Part of the Minnesota Medicaid Transparency Project — an independent, data-driven investigation of $23 billion in annual Medicaid spending across 87 counties.

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