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Inside UnitedHealthcare’s effort to deny coverage to chronically ill

WebKavanaugh responded that the insurer had paid $1.1 million in claims for McNaughton’s care as of the middle of May 2021. If the reduced doses had been in …

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House lawmakers advance a bill creating a MinnesotaCare public …

WebMinnesota House lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill (HF96) to expand the state’s public health insurance program called MinnesotaCare, allowing all …

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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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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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Mayo Clinic wins full exemption from nurse staffing bill in …

WebState lawmakers say they will exempt Mayo Clinic from a bill aimed at increasing nurse staffing levels, ending a two-week standoff that began when the …

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Nurses vote on getting rid of union at Mayo Clinic’s Mankato …

WebBy: Max Nesterak - July 25, 2022 9:35 am. Hundreds of nurses at the Mayo Clinic’s Mankato hospital will vote on July 25 on whether to keep their union or dissolve it. Photo by Max …

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Legislators, nurses’ union announce renewed push to address …

WebThe Minnesota nurses’ union and their supporters at the state Capitol are taking aim at a shortage of hospital nurses across the state through legislation that would …

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Allina primary care doctors launch historic effort to unionize more

WebDr. Matt Hoffman, a family physician at Allina Vadnais Heights Clinic, speaks at a news conference outside Allina Abbott Northwestern Hospital on Aug. 16, 2023, …

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Mayo Clinic leaders unveil $5 billion in infrastructure investments

WebMayo Clinic leaders unveiled plans on Tuesday for five new buildings at its flagship campus in Rochester totaling $5 billion that will allow the hospital to “scale …

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Thousands of Minnesota nurses hit the picket lines in historic 3 …

WebNurses picketed outside Abbott Northwestern Hospital and 10 other Twin Cities hospitals on Jun. 1, 2022, as they negotiate new three-year contracts. Photo by …

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Medical students, community protest potential merger between …

WebMedical students, health care workers and community members gathered outside a University of Minnesota building on Friday, braving a wind chill of minus 14 …

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Minnesota is obligated to provide adequate health care to people …

WebIn review of the operations of Kandiyohi and Freeborn County jails in August and September of 2020, the ICE Office of Detention Oversight identified numerous …

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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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Lawmakers to make another attempt at requiring insurers to cover

WebDFL Sen. Erin Maye Quade of Apple Valley and Rep. Jeff Brand of St. Peter will make another attempt this session to mandate health insurance companies cover …

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Access to abortion care vital to closing racial health gaps

WebMarch 12, 2024 6:00 am. Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis, seen here in 2023, is chair of the Minnesota Black Maternal Health Caucus. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota …

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Doctors’ union certified over Allina objections — and other labor …

WebThe union election of more than 130 Allina Health doctors at Mercy and Unity hospitals was certified by federal labor regulators on Wednesday over objections by the …

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Gov. Tim Walz highlights 31% pay increase for unionized home …

WebGov. Tim Walz visited personal care attendant Felicia Johnson in her south Minneapolis home on Wednesday afternoon to draw attention to the 31% raise she and …

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Giving birth in rural Minnesota

WebChartis, a private health care consulting firm, recently found that Minnesota had the nation’s highest number of rural obstetrics closures from 2011 through 2021, …

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