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Minnesota to allow all undocumented residents to enroll in

WEBUndocumented residents in Minnesota will be eligible to enroll in the state’s publicly subsidized insurance program for low-income people, known as MinnesotaCare, …

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House lawmakers advance a bill creating a …

WEBMinnesota House lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill (HF96) to expand the state’s public health insurance program called MinnesotaCare, allowing all Minnesotans to buy in to the program.. The …

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Minnesota's racial disparities in health care coverage worsened …

WEBMinnesota’s racial disparities in health care coverage worsened in 2021, according to survey data released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Health. …

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Minnesota once led the nation in innovative health care reform; …

WEBIn the late 1990’s Minnesota was a national leader in health care reform. Minnesota’s health care innovations, such as integrated health care systems and …

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Mayo Clinic threatens to pull billions in investments over proposed

WEBMayo Clinic has given Gov. Tim Walz and state lawmakers an ultimatum over two bills that aim to increase nurse staffing levels and rein in health care costs: Gut the …

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How Minnesota lawmakers helped stop a harmful hospital merger

WEBThe effort to scrutinize the Fairview-Sanford merger — and the steps elected lawmakers in Minnesota took to ensure that patients and workers would not see their …

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Nurses to get more power over staffing levels under bill passed by

WEBThe Minnesota House passed a sweeping health bill on Wednesday that includes a section giving hospital nurses new powers over staffing levels that their union …

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Medicaid is crucial to the health and well-being of 1.4 …

WEBIt is difficult to overstate the importance of Medicaid for low-income people across the country, particularly in states like Minnesota that fully leverage coverage and benefit options under the federal/state …

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Health care unions fight stagnant pay and rising burnout — and …

WEBTake a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. More than 350 Essentia Health nurse practitioners and other …

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Minnesota’s mental health care providers are struggling; …

WEBMental health providers and patient advocates told lawmakers Wednesday that a growing number of Minnesota children and families are struggling to access …

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Inside UnitedHealthcare’s effort to deny coverage to chronically ill

WEBUnited provided the health insurance plan for students at Penn State University. It was a large and potentially lucrative account: lots of young, healthy …

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Patient mental health at risk as county suspends payments to …

WEBItasca County’s only public health insurance provider terminated its contract with one of the area’s largest behavioral health providers, leaving patients and their …

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St. Cloud State cuts will be devastating to Minnesota's mental …

WEBMinnesota is struggling to keep up with the mental health crisis. Across the state, 80% of Minnesota counties have a mental health worker and facility shortage. …

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Allina primary care doctors launch historic effort to unionize more

WEBA study sponsored by the Physicians Advocacy Institute found that the share of physicians employed by hospitals, health systems or corporate entities grew from …

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Small (often unnoticed) changes in law can help — or hinder — …

WEBMedical Assistance — Minnesota’s name for our Medicaid program — undergoes constant change. Look at the spreadsheet for any major health and human …

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Allina Health clinicians vote by overwhelming margin to unionize …

WEBAllina Health doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners voted to form the nation’s largest private-sector union of advanced care practitioners. Federal …

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Minnesota nurses announce vote of no confidence in executives of …

WEBMinnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner announces at a news conference in Minneapolis on August 2, 2022 that nurses took a vote of no confidence in …

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Your health insurance: probably bad and getting worse

WEBTwenty years ago the average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance for a family was $8,000. Today it’s $28,000—3.5 times as much. With a median salary of …

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Mental health workers need fair pay, better staffing, safer …

WEBMore than 400 mental health workers at three Twin Cities hospitals went on a 24-hour strike on May 24, 2022 as they seek higher pay, more staffing and safer …

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Protecting Minnesota reproductive rights: The why, how, and what

WEBFinally, to ensure equitable access, it needs to address access and protection of reproductive rights for people who cannot afford reproductive health care. …

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Mayo Clinic employee files class action lawsuit over high health …

WEBA worker at Mayo Clinic’s Arizona hospital filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the health system and insurer Medica in federal court Tuesday, alleging …

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