HEALTH
Health-care spending plans take shape 
Minnesota NewsST. PAUL – Hospitals take a funding hit while most nursing homes are protected.
By Scott Wente , April 28, 2009
Clinic pulls out of development
Kraus Anderson can’t get a break. The company, which planned to build a strip mall on the Genz Ryan property along Highway 3, has suffered another setback on the project.
By Emily Zimmer , April 24, 2009
DFL lawmakers to introduce bill on child health care
Minnesota NewsTwo Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party lawmakers have introduced a bill to ensure that all children have health insurance.
By Don Davis , January 29, 2009
Minnesota's first case of culture-confirmed influenza reported
Minnesota NewsMinnesota has recorded its first culture-confirmed case of influenza for the 2008-09 season in a 39-year-old man from Chisago County.
By West Central Tribune , December 12, 2008
Children’s advocacy groups discuss needs of families
Minnesota’s children, guaranteed by the State Constitution to an education, also deserve a right to access to affordable health care, says a coalition of children’s advocacy groups.
By Brad Swenson , October 27, 2008
Public health encourages families to eat together
Sitting down to dinner with her two teenage daughters, Shannon Baily poised the question, “if you could have any super power what would it be”. While it seemed like a silly question it started an in depth conversation and gave the family something to giggle about.
By Emily Zimmer , September 30, 2008
New laws restrict, protect
Minnesota State NewsST. PAUL -- If you are a health-care professional looking to make a profit, don't chase an ambulance.
By Don Davis, Minn. State Capitol Bureau Chief , August 01, 2008
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Bill allows family to care for dead
Tears flowed as senators heard about a proposal allowing Minnesotans to take care of dead family members. "I had cared for Gary throughout his illness," Heather Halen of Minneapolis told a Senate health committee Wednesday. "I wanted to be the one who cared for him after his death.&q
Posted by: Don Davis on Mar 17, 2010 at 6:39 PM | Capitol ChatterSenate OKs GAMC veto override
Minnesota senators voted 45-21 Thursday to override Gov. Tim Pawlenty's veto of a health care program for the poor, even though legislative health leaders are trying to negotiate an agreement with the governor. "I wish the governor had not been so indecisive engaging in this discussion,"
Posted by: Don Davis on Feb 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM | Capitol ChatterHealth cuts widespread
Huntley, Ludeman
No sta
Drug company restrictions sought
A coalition of consumer, union and health care-related groups wants to tighten rules dealing with prescription drugs. The coalition calls for laws such as one that would prohibit drug companies from buying records from doctors, a marketing tool that few people know about. Favored laws also would ba
Posted by: Don Davis on Jan 25, 2010 at 5:14 PM | Capitol ChatterDairy complaints come to Capitol
Jaxson, Brooklyn Brouse
Children fussed. Parents cried. Senators were outraged. Bureaucrats explained.
"We have been pushed into the living conditions of a third-wo
Falls blamed on short staffs
Sens. Gimse, Kubly
Some Minnesota nursing homes simply do not have enough employees to prevent residents from falling, two Minnesota Senate committees heard Thursday.
"I know
'Ban the Bug' campaign set
Health officials say that since H1N1 flu vaccinations are available at most clinics, pharmacies and other locations, most Minnesotans should get vaccinated. H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu, vaccinations just are becoming available to everyone. They had been limited to high-risk people. Those vacc
Posted by: Don Davis on Jan 9, 2010 at 5:56 AM | Capitol ChatterDems propose health care plan
Phenow, Huntley
Democrats want to use federal money, force counties to pay more and divert other funds to restore health-care coverage to Minnesota's poor.
A program known as Gener
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