Mayo Clinic

== Criticism ==

=== Opposition to the "Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act" ===
In May 2023, Mayo Clinic lobbied against two statewide health care bills, the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act (KNABA) and the Health Care Affordability Board, threatening to pull over 4 billion dollars in investments into new facilities and infrastructure in the Mayo Clinic Rochester campus unless the Affordability Board bill was scrapped and the KNABA was amended to exempt Mayo Clinic from any staffing mandates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-05 |title=Mayo Clinic threatens to kill billions in state investment, if two health care bills pass |url=https://www.twincities.com/2023/05/05/mayo-clinic-threatens-to-kill-billions-in-state-investment-if-two-health-care-bills-pass/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Twin Cities |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BringMeTheNews |date=2023-05-09 |title=Nurses’ union, lawmakers criticize Mayo Clinic over attempts to gut staffing standards bill |url=https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/nurses-union-lawmakers-criticize-mayo-clinic-over-attempts-to-gut-staffing-standards-bill |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=Bring Me The News |language=en}}</ref> The KNABA required hospitals to create committees that allowed nurses and other staff to evaluate staffing workloads in order to address a so-called "care crisis" and a shortage in hospital staff.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-13 |title=Minnesota lawmakers introduce bill to keep nurses from leaving profession - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/legislators-reintroduce-bill-aimed-at-ameliorating-nursing-staff-shortages/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The Health Care Affordability Board would allow hospitals, doctors, and insurers to be fined for failing to lower costs or allowing costs to run out of control.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Messerly |first=Megan |date=2023-05-30 |title=Minnesota wanted to curb health spending. Mayo Clinic had other ideas. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/30/minnesota-health-spending-mayo-clinic-00098460 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Jeremy Olson Star |title=Minnesota lawmakers weigh fines, oversight of expensive medical providers |url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-lawmakers-weigh-fines-oversight-of-expensive-medical-providers/600269285/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref> The Minnesota Nurses Association spoke out against Mayo's demands, characterizing them as "unethical" and "attempt(s) to override democracy".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-08 |title=Nurses' union pushes back against Mayo Clinic's plan to pull Minnesota investments if proposals at Capitol pass - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/nurses-union-pushes-back-against-mayo-clinics-plan-to-pull-minnesota-investments-if-proposals-at-capitol-pass/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> These lobbying attempts were successful, with the mandated nurse staffing levels scrapped,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title="My heart breaks for the patients of Minnesota": Nurses speak out as legislators scrap mandated staff levels - CBS Minnesota |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/my-heart-breaks-for-the-patients-of-minnesota-nurses-speak-out-as-legislators-scrap-mandated-staff-levels/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Health Care Affordability Board legislation being changed from a board empowered to levy fines to a bill that "requires state health officials to review health care cost growth but gives them no authority to set targets".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Messerly |first=Megan |date=2023-05-30 |title=Minnesota wanted to curb health spending. Mayo Clinic had other ideas. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/30/minnesota-health-spending-mayo-clinic-00098460 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> Minnesota state senator [[Erin Murphy (Minnesota politician)|Erin Murphy]] called Mayo's efforts to gut the bill "corporate hijacking" in an op-ed published in the ''[[Star Tribune]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Erin |title=OPINION EXCHANGE {{!}} Counterpoint: Disney is right; Mayo is wrong |url=https://www.startribune.com/counterpoint-disney-is-right-mayo-is-wrong/600280131/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>