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More evidence that RFK Jr. would be a disastrous health secretary
Read More: More evidence that RFK Jr. would be a disastrous health secretaryPolio came for 5-year-old Lynn Lane when she was visiting her grandmother in rural Indiana. Suddenly, her arms and legs became weak, and by the time she got to a hospital in Indianapolis, she was totally paralyzed and in respiratory failure. Lane spent the next several months in an iron lung. “I don’t really remember…
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Health insurance company claim denials on the rise
Read More: Health insurance company claim denials on the risePeter Whoriskey at the Washington Post dives into the confusing and divisive world of health insurance companies and their practices. Elisabeth Benjamin, a vice president at the Community Service Society in New York: “People are mad because it’s all a big secret. It’s unfair for us as a society, on something that’s so visceral, to…
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How a patient’s email changed M Health Fairview’s weight policy
Read More: How a patient’s email changed M Health Fairview’s weight policyFor most of Nancy Manther’s life, there’s been a nearly-constant chatter in her brain focused on food and diet. It was an internal noise that often felt impossible to silence. “I was what you would consider ‘normal’ weight,” Manther said, “but somehow, I took in all of these messages about weight and diets from the…
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Keep the door open for responsible private capital in health care
Read More: Keep the door open for responsible private capital in health careCityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, transportation, planning and more in his column delivered to your inbox weekly. The issue of private capital in health care has become a hot topic nationwide. From state legislatures to Congress, policymakers have debated whether there should be limits or even bans…
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Patients Innovation podcast offers patient-focused health insights
Read More: Patients Innovation podcast offers patient-focused health insightsEvery month, Rashmi Kandwal and Mary MacCarthy sit down in a recording studio in Minneapolis to discuss health conditions with three guests – a patient, a physician and someone involved in research, education, support and/or advocacy. Kandwal and MacCarthy are the executive director and a board member, respectively, of Healthcare MN, a Twin Cities-based organization…
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Health data of 600+ Minnesota veterans taken in cyber attack
Read More: Health data of 600+ Minnesota veterans taken in cyber attackWCCO reports a cyber attack led to the private health information of 600 Minnesotans being obtained, according to the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Bring Me the News reports a driver crashed into a transformer near Patrick McGovern’s Pub in St. Paul over the weekend causing a fire and 13,000 homes to lose power. KSTP reports a man was fatally…
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Health care providers dropping Medicare Advantage could affect 60,000 Minnesotans
Read More: Health care providers dropping Medicare Advantage could affect 60,000 MinnesotansAlex Derosier at the Pioneer Press reports Minnesota officials are warning that major health care providers across the state soon won’t accept certain Medicare Advantage plans, affecting coverage for more than 60,000 people. Morgan Reddekopp at KSTP is reporting Dakota County Public Health and Lakeville Area Schools confirmed Tuesday that someone at Lakeville South High…
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‘Radical Endurance’ looks at the mental health impact of aging
Read More: ‘Radical Endurance’ looks at the mental health impact of agingFor most of her life, Andrea Gilats wasn’t the kind of person who bared her soul to the world. In her 30-year career at the University of Minnesota, as founding director of the Split Rock Arts Program and founder and director of Learning Life, Gilats instead focused on providing opportunities for others to engage their…
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How UnitedHealth’s playbook limited mental health coverage
Read More: How UnitedHealth’s playbook limited mental health coverageFor years, it was a mystery: Seemingly out of the blue, therapists would feel like they’d tripped some invisible wire and become a target of UnitedHealth Group. A company representative with the Orwellian title “care advocate” would call and grill them about why they’d seen a patient twice a week or weekly for six months.…
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Undocumented Minnesotans can apply for state health care
Read More: Undocumented Minnesotans can apply for state health careVia Sahan Journal: “Thousands of undocumented Minnesotans can now apply for a state health care program for low-income residents that opened its applications last week.” Minnesotans set a record with $37 million donations on Give to the Max Day Thursday. It is a record number of donations in the holiday’s 16 years, according to Star…
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Blake Lively accuses director, co-star of “It Ends with Us” of sexual harassment, smear campaign
Actress Blake Lively accused “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexually harassing her and seeking to smear her reputation after she spoke out about a “hostile work environment” that nearly derailed the film. In a legal complaint filed this week, Lively alleges she raised concerns about inappropriate behavior by Baldoni, who…
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Sacramento deputies arrest man on suspicion of beheading baby son
A Sacramento County father has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said. Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and booked Friday on felony charges of murder, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and corporal injury on a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to…
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