The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of President Obama’s health care law drew quick reaction from Minnesota pols on both sides of the aisle.

Among Rothman’s first efforts was reorganizing the department, bringing the insurance fraud and securities divisions, along with the market assurance division, into the newly formed Enforcement Unit.

In a report Wednesday, the White House highlighted Minnesota's efforts among nine other states as examples of the diverse approaches being taken across the country.

On the hot-button subject of the state insurance exchanges mandated by the 2010 federal health care law, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) has put itself at odds with a broad swath of conservatives who oppose what they call “Obamacare” in all its manifestations.

Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) has joined the ranks of traditional Republican allies who are supporting the push to create a state-based health insurance exchange system.

In his administration’s drive to change the health insurance system, Gov. Mark Dayton has found an adversary in the state senator who presides over the committee charged with making the recommendation to confirm or deny his Health and Human Services commissioners.