Health Care

Franken: $1.6 Million Available For Community Health Clinics

Senator Al Franken announced Friday that 16 Minnesota community health centers will be eligible to apply for more than $1.6 million in funds to help uninsured patients. According to Sen. Franken’s office, the funds are a portion of the $150 million made available to help community health centers via the 2010 health reform law. Franken says community health centers regularly help uninsured citizens, and the funding will help them to continue their important work.

2013/05/10

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Bachmann Joins Senator To Request Medicaid Audit

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and a state senator are calling for a state and national audit of Medicaid.

2013/04/09

Gov. Dayton Signs Health Exchange Bill

Minnesotans will be able to buy health insurance online through a state-based marketplace called MNsure, starting in 2014.

2013/03/20

Minn. Nurse Staffing Bill Scaled Back

A Minnesota nurses union and the state’s hospitals are nearing a deal to study and publish more data about staffing plans rather than put minimum staffing requirements into law.

2013/03/15

Lawmakers Debate Online Health Insurance Shopping

State lawmakers are in the midst of a heated debate Monday night that could affect a million Minnesotans. It’s the centerpiece of the new federal health care law that would create an online system to buy health care insurance.

2013/03/04

Mpls. Company Offers ‘Crystal Ball’ For Heart Health

Nearly half of all people who suffer heart attacks have no symptoms, making prevention all the more difficult. HeartSavers is a new company that uses a Minnesota-made medical device to change that.

2013/03/04

Janitors Reach Agreement, Security Guards May Strike Soon

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26 reached a tentative agreement with the Minneapolis-St. Paul Contract Cleaners Association Saturday on a three-year contract.

2013/02/23

Dayton Signs Law Broadening Medicaid In Minn.

Minnesota has accepted a federal offer to put more low-income people on a state-fashioned Medicaid program with the costs falling to the federal government.

2013/02/19

Minn. Lawmakers Weigh Medicaid Expansion

Minnesota lawmakers are moving this week to take the federal government up on a health care offer: By making more low-income people eligible for the Medical Assistance program they’re getting the U.S. government to temporarily foot the extra costs.

2013/02/11

Officials Find Way To Preserve MinnesotaCare

State and federal officials have come up with a way to preserve Minnesota’s subsidized health care plan for the working poor when the federal health overhaul takes effect, Minnesota’s human services commissioner said Wednesday.

2013/02/07

Solution Found To Preserve MinnesotaCare

State and federal officials have come up with a way to preserve Minnesota’s subsidized health care for the working poor when the federal health overhaul takes effect.

2013/02/06

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Sanford Plans $1.8M Clinic In Bagley, Minn.

Dakotas-based Sanford Health is planning a $1.8 million clinic in the Minnesota city of Bagley this year.

2013/02/01

Minnesota, Health Providers Take On Medicaid Costs

Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration is partnering with six Minnesota health providers in testing a new Medicaid payment model aimed at reducing cost of treatment for 100,000 Medicaid patients, with a greater emphasis on preventive care.

2013/02/01

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MN Health Coverage Marketplace Launches Web Site

Minnesota’s health insurance exchange has launched a new web site to connect with more than 1 million Minnesotans who are expected to use the new marketplace to get coverage.

2013/01/30

For ’13 Legislature, Long List Of Issues To Tackle

Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature’s new Democratic majorities have made it clear: The session that starts Tuesday will be all about the state budget.

2013/01/04

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