HEALTHCARE
Speaking with Allen Quist
Last month, I spoke with a pair of candidates - Tom Bakk (Democrat) and Pat Anderson (Republican) - who hope to be Minnesota's next governor. Blogs about those interviews can be found in the "Tal...
Posted on 12/2/09 at 3:57 AM
Editorial: Stepping up, again
By Daily Globe , April 28, 2011
Letter: Senate bill would severely harm care for older adults
Older adults want to remain living in their own homes and communities. Not only is this important to the older adult and their caregiver, it is a benefit to the community and is more cost-effective for the state.By Linda Giersdorf, Executive Director, Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc., Mankato , April 27, 2011
Column: Reform offers best hope for people with disabilities
ST. PAUL — There’s a deficit problem in St. Paul that goes beyond the $5 billion budget shortfall. This deficit involves a lack of innovation in some programs as much as any lack of funding.By Chris Bell and Steve Larson, Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities , March 18, 2011
Letter: Digital mammography piece needs clarification
I would like to clarify a comment made by reporter Brittany Workman in the Feb. 3 front-page article (“SWMC receives $585K grant”).By Anne M. Kruger, Worthington , February 24, 2011
As others see it: Keep this SHIP afloat
Known by its nautical acronym, SHIP — the Statewide Health Improvement Program — has been working, as the name suggests, to improve the health of Minnesotans, particularly in the areas of curbing tobacco use and lowering obesity rates — two areas that definitely could stand some attention.By Owatonna People's Press , January 03, 2011
Health booklet for seniors published
WORTHINGTON — The Minnesota Board on Aging has released its 2011 edition of the Minnesota Health Care Choices booklet for seniors.By Daily Globe , December 03, 2010
Editorial: Health care takes center stage
Minnesota’s budget deficit has been the focal point of the state gubernatorial campaign so far, but another issue moved further into the limelight Tuesday.By Daily Globe , September 02, 2010
Column: Terminally ill patients deserve better
ARLINGTON, Va. — Remember the hullabaloo over so-called “death panels” last summer?By Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords , August 13, 2010
Editorial: Look carefully at health merger
Officials from six southwestern Minnesota counties face an important decision that must made over the next two months. The future of regional health services could well depend on it.By Daily Globe , July 16, 2010
As others see it: Health care reform is here to stay
Ninety days ago, President Barack Obama signed into law the most significant piece of legislation yet this century, that of the major health care reform bill.By Bemidji Pioneer , June 25, 2010
Letter: Don't turn our back on health care reform
After months of work to “save GAMC,” many politicians now propose we abandon the new General Assistance Medical Care program in favor of expanding Medicaid (MA) and rushing to adopt the controversial federal health care bill.By Rep. Jim Abeler, Vice Chair, Minnesota House Health and Human Services Finance Committee, R-Anoka , June 22, 2010
Letter: Health care reform was needed
I think it is great that health care finally passed. We have had too many folks using the emergency room as their family doctor for years.By Bud Johnston, Garretson, S.D. , April 14, 2010
Letter: Give new health reform a chance
Passing health care reform will help. We need to give it a chance, not tear it down like so many are doing.By Larry DeBoer, Orange City, Iowa , April 14, 2010
Editorial: Rate equalization needs repealing
Employees at the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda will not get a raise this year, but at least they have a job.By Daily Globe , April 13, 2010
Letter: Thank you to Rep. Stupak
Pope John Paul II, writing on social concerns in 1987, states, “What Christianity forbids is to seek solutions by way of hatred, the murdering of defenseless people and by methods of terrorism.”By Mary Henkels, Worthington , April 01, 2010
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