STAT August 6, 2024
Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Tara Bannow, Bob Herman

MINNEAPOLIS — Even for the most progressive of politicians, money talks. And elite nonprofit hospitals can throw around a lot of money.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tuesday as her vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket, has cast himself as a progressive with a reputation for advancing policies like paid family and medical leave, free meals for children in school, and legalizing recreational marijuana. He’s been willing to take on some corporate interests in health care as well, provoking a lawsuit over...

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