Statement from the MMA on LGBTQ Rights to Health Care
June 16, 2020
MMA President Keith Stelter, MD
The Minnesota Medical Association is committed to achieving health equity and ensuring that all Minnesotans have an equal opportunity to achieve optimal health. No Minnesotan should face discrimination in care because of their sexual orientation, gender identification, race, religion, or any other characteristic. The MMA strongly opposes the Trump administration’s recent regulatory action to remove federal protections under the Affordable Care Act for transgender and other LGBTQ Americans seeking health care. At the same time, the MMA applauds the Supreme Court’s action today to ensure that members of the LGBTQ community cannot be discriminated against in the workplace. Minnesotans’ ability to practice good health requires a health care system that rejects discrimination in all forms.
The MMA Announces New Initiative and Statewide Call-To-Action: Practice Good Health
May 28, 2020
Minnesota physicians uniting to help patients successfully navigate safe, proactive health care
Statement Supporting Mayor Carter’s Request to Wear Masks in Public
May 28, 2020
“The Minnesota Medical Association and its 10,000 physician, resident and medical student members fully support St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s call for St. Paulites to wear face masks in indoor public places and businesses.
Statement on George Floyd’s Death
May 28, 2020
The Twin Cites Medical Society and the Minnesota Medical Association are saddened and troubled by the death of George Floyd. His death serves as a stark reminder that violent police tactics, discrimination in crime laws, and bias in incarceration pose serious threats to health.
Statement Supporting Mayor Frey’s Request to Wear Masks in Public
May 22, 2020
“The Minnesota Medical Association and its 10,000 physician, resident and medical student members fully support Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s call for citizens to wear face masks in indoor public places.
MMA, Specialty Societies and Medical Groups Provide Health Department with Recommendations on Resuming Elective Surgeries and Procedures
May 4, 2020
On May 1, the MMA and 23 Minnesota medical specialty societies and medical groups
presented the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) with recommendations intended to inform
changes to Executive Order 20-09 in order to allow Minnesota health care providers to resume the delivery of medically necessary care in a safe, controlled and planful way.
Minnesota’s Physicians Remind Minnesotans Not to Delay Urgent Care & to Pay Attention to Overall Health
April 9, 2020
With all eyes on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) and its 10,000 members want to remind Minnesotans to pay attention to all aspects of their health.
“These days it’s hard to focus on anything else but COVID-19,” says MMA President Keith Stelter, MD. “But, don’t disregard other health conditions or concerns. If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, or other acute or chronic conditions, don’t ignore them. Continue to take your medications and reach out to your doctor by phone or e-visit options. Your doctor or clinic will contact you if a face-to-face visit is necessary. And those with serious health concerns should not be afraid to seek care or go to an emergency room, if needed.”
Minnesota’s Physicians Stand Behind New Order to “Stay Home MN” to Slow Spread of Pandemic
March 25, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) and more than a dozen state-based medical specialty societies strongly support Gov. Tim Walz’s latest “Stay Home MN” Executive Order to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Minnesota. The MMA and some other specialty societies had previously urged the governor to take this action.
MMA Statement: Minnesota Physicians Warn Public to Heed State Guidance and Advice
March 20, 2020
As the state’s largest physician advocacy group, the Minnesota Medical Association strongly supports the measures taken to date by Gov. Tim Walz to slow the spread of COVID-19 and “flatten the curve.” These seemingly extreme actions, while disruptive to our day-to-day lives, are absolutely necessary to save the lives of Minnesotans, particularly high-risk individuals, and to protect our health care system from being overwhelmed.
MMA says leave fireworks to the professionals this summer
June 27, 2019
Once again, the Minnesota Medical Association is urging Minnesotans to leave the lighting of fireworks to the professionals this Fourth of July.
“Every year more and more Minnesotans are ending up in the emergency department when they get hurt setting off fireworks,” said MMA President Doug Wood, MD. “We’d prefer that they leave these often-unpredictable devices to the professionals.”
