Insurance relief package clears conference committee
Stage set for $325 million relief bill’s final approvals on Thursday.
Dayton’s new insurance remedy: rebates
Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday proposed 25 percent rebates on health insurance premiums to help Minnesotans affected by the state’s health insurance crisis.
Campaign for paid sick leave gains momentum
NEW YORK — The campaign to give workers paid time off when they’re sick is picking up momentum. A bill that would give workers for the Illinois county that includes Chicago one hour of paid sick time for each 40 hours they work was up for a vote Wednesday. Sick leave referendums are on the November ballot in Arizona and Washington state. Proposals are also expected to be voted on soon in Du[...]
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Construction on the bioresearch campus could begin as soon as next year
Hormel Institute expands labs, staff
Austin center designed to better serve cancer researchers
Physicians demur as cannabis-for-pain nears
Tweaking Minnesota’s relatively new medical marijuana law isn’t in the cards this year. That was the word from the 2014 law’s Senate sponsor, Sen. Scott Dibble, DFL-Minneapolis, after Tuesday’s meeting of the Task Force on Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research, which Dibble co-chairs. The panel heard that many doctors are proving resistant to adopting medical cannabis as a therapeuti[...]
Minnesota extends insurance coverage for thousands dropped
The state of Minnesota is extending coverage into the new year for about 64,000 people who were told they would be dropped from public health insurance, mainly for failing to submit necessary paperwork.
Appeals court won’t disband home-care union
A federal appeals court panel declined Thursday to overturn a new union for thousands of Minnesota personal care attendants who assist the disabled and elderly in home-based settings.
Hospitals feel pain as UnitedHealth eyes Obamacare exit
The possible departure of insurance leader UnitedHealth Group Inc. from Obamacare signals worsening prospects for hospitals already facing a slowdown in gains from the program. UnitedHealth said Thursday it expects to lose as much as $500 million next year selling coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The company has scaled back marketing efforts for individual ACA insu[...]
MNsure selects internal candidate to lead insurance exchange
MNsure tapped its interim leader Wednesday to run the health insurance exchange permanently even though she didn’t apply for the job.
Health plans’ contract data still under wraps
Open-government advocates and state-budget watchdogs argue at least some data in health plans’ contracts should be considered public data.
Shift of residents on public health plans underway
State health officials are in the midst of a massive transition of residents on public health programs, shifting hundreds of thousands of low-income people to new coverage plans as the state aims to book millions of dollars in savings. The unprecedented effort is a byproduct of a competitive bid for companies to cover MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance enrollees — the first statewide offer [...]
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