City Pages examines the Entenzas millions

[Minnesota Raindog]

In the past seven years the Minnesota attorney general's office has earned a rep as one of the country's toughest HMO watchdogs. So does it matter that Matt Entenza, the DFL's heir apparent to the job, is married to one of the most powerful executives in the medical industry, United Health's Lois Quam?

More in this week's cover story:

http://citypages.com/databank/27/1310/article14020.asp

[dflprincess]

1. I have problems with Entenza because of this.

Hatch can't go after United like he did Medica because it is a for profit company and does not (cannot) sell their HMO product in Minnesota. UHG does lobby every the legislature every year to change state law to allow for profit HMOs to operate here claiming that it would keep costs down by increasing competition (oh yeah, like we haven't heard that before).

I have an imformed source that tells me that at one of the state's major HMOs UHG is referred to as the "evil empire".

[Minnesota Raindog]

2. Is UHG still using SSNs for patient IDs?

And if so, what will the Millionaire Watchdog have to say about that, since he's so big on privacy issues?

http://www.consumersunion.org/campaigns/UHG%20followup%20letter.pdf

Also, here is where fat-cat UHG CEO William McGuire gives his money:

http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/William_McGuire.php

[dflprincess]

3. I don't know for sure

but I believe they were going to stop doing that sometime last year. Not that I want to defend them, but most the big insurers were using SSNs and I think all of them have stopped or are planning to.

[DFLforever]

4. I guess he'll have to fucking well divorce her if he wants to be AG

Will someone clue me as to when it became a crime for a rich man or woman to be a Democrat.

[Minnesota Raindog]

5. Millionaire Matt wants to be more than just a Democrat

This lying asshole wants to be attorney general, not just a member of the party. His millions present a huge conflict of interest on one of the major issues facing an attorney general: health care reform. Entenza has run roughshod over the House DFL since he became minority "leader," and stacked its staff with his sycophants. The DFL would do well to not only throw him out of the leadership poisition, but find another attorney general candidate as well.

[dflprincess]

6. For me it's not someone having money,

it's where the money comes from. And I see a potential conflict of interest for Entenza.