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Policy Jan 10th 2021 - 8am

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

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Policy Jan 5th 2021 - 11am

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent, so what does this mean for you?

A sign at Minnegasco Park in Willmar alerts community members that the park is a tobacco-free area. The Willmar City Council approved the updated Willmar Tobacco-Free Park Policy on Monday to forbid the use of all tobacco forms and devices in city parks.

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Government and Politics Dec 10th 2020 - 5am

Willmar amends tobacco policy to make clear vaping also forbidden in city parks

Adam Woodrum and his son, Robert, get ready for a bike ride near their home in Carson City, Nev., on Nov. 7, 2020. After a bike accident this summer, Robert got stitches and the family’s health insurance plan initially denied the $18,933.44 hospital bill. Maggie Starbard for KHN

Policy Nov 27th 2020 - 8pm

After kid’s minor bike accident, major bill sets legal wheels in motion

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Policy Nov 23rd 2020 - 4pm

South Dakota recreational marijuana backers file to defend amendment in court

Sanford Medical Center Fargo is seen Wednesday, March 18, in south Fargo.
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Policy Nov 2nd 2020 - 9am

Medicare fines half of hospitals for readmitting too many patients

Policy Oct 22nd 2020 - 2pm

Even with ACA’s fate in flux, open enrollment starts soon. Here’s what's new

Policy Oct 12th 2020 - 7pm

Medicare fall enrollment opens Oct. 15. Here’s what is new this year

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Policy Oct 11th 2020 - 9am

Job-based health insurance costs are up 55% in past decade

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Middletown, Pa., Sept. 26, 2020. REUTERS / Joshua Roberts

Policy Sep 28th 2020 - 2pm

Promises kept? On health care, Trump’s claims of ‘monumental steps’ don’t add up

Prices are cheaper north of the border because Canada limits how much drugmakers can charge for medicines. The United States lets free market dictate drug prices. Randy Menear from Pixabay

Policy Sep 25th 2020 - 10am

Trump approves final plan to import drugs from Canada ‘for a fraction of the price’

More than 65% of the nation’s small, rural hospitals — many of which were operating at a deficit before the pandemic — jumped at the Medicare loans when the pandemic hit because they were the first funds available, said Maggie Elehwany, former vice president of government affairs for the National Rural Health Association. Pexels

Policy Sep 22nd 2020 - 9am

Rural hospitals teeter on financial cliff as COVID Medicare loans come due

The Essentia Health Vision Northland project in downtown Duluth seen from the air Thursday Aug. 27th 2020. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)

Policy Sep 3rd 2020 - 3pm

In anticipation of future pandemics, Essentia pushes for federal funding to create thousands of ICU beds nationwide

The federal government spent nearly $40 billion over the past decade to equip hospitals and physicians’ offices with electronic health record systems for improving treatment of individual patients. But no comparable effort has emerged to build an effective system for quickly moving information on infectious disease from providers to public health agencies. Pixabay

Policy Aug 14th 2020 - 11am

COVID data failures create pressure for public health system overhaul

President Donald Trump, joined by members of the Coronavirus Task Force, delivers remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2020. (Abaca Press/TNS)

Policy Aug 13th 2020 - 10am

Analysis: Trump’s history of promising a health plan that never comes

Policy Jul 28th 2020 - 12pm

COVID-19 downturn triggers jump in Medicaid enrollment

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Policy Jul 24th 2020 - 1pm

LIVE: Trump delivers remarks and signs executive orders on lowering drug prices

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response news briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Policy Jul 22nd 2020 - 10am

White House touts coming executive order on healthcare, saying it will 'have teeth'

Policy Jul 21st 2020 - 11am

Administration eases rules to give laid-off workers more time to sign up for COBRA

Policy Jun 15th 2020 - 5pm

FDA revokes emergency authorization for antimalarial drugs touted by Trump as COVID-19 treatment

Policy May 22nd 2020 - 2pm

Red Lake Nation makes history as it passes medical marijuana referendum

Grant County Commissioner Bill LaValley peers out of a virtual sunset during a Zoom meeting last week. Dan Gunderson / MPR News

Policy Apr 14th 2020 - 10am

Minnesota local government goes virtual during pandemic

Mandy Wroolie, owner of Minisota Play Café in Champlin, on Friday, April 3, 2020, in a video conference hearing with Minnesota lawmakers asked for additional state support in managing the economic hit of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service

Policy Apr 3rd 2020 - 5pm

'Gamechanger' test could put Minnesotans back to work, but for now, those hit by COVID-19 ask for aid

The playground at Henton Park on the north side of Olivia has been taped off, with signs asking visitors not to use the equipment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. All public playgrounds in Olivia and Willmar have been closed. Shelby Lindrud / West Central Tribune

Government and Politics Apr 3rd 2020 - 5pm

Minnesota GOP chair accuses Democrats of 'extreme communist control' amid COVID-19 pandemic

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs a bill Saturday allocating $330 million in COVID-19 aid passed by the state Legislature earlier in the week in St. Paul. Walz is under a 14-day quarantine and is working from the Governor's Residence. Glen Stubbe / Star Tribune, special to Forum News Service

Government and Politics Apr 2nd 2020 - 6pm

Reports to 'stay at home' hotline flood in; Walz says it is needed to relieve 911 workers