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HCMC funding bill aims to keep hospital from financial tipping point
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (706+ words) Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota'generously supports Minn Post's Community Health coverage;'learn more about their community health work. A legislative proposal to repurpose Hennepin County sales tax revenue to rescue the state's largest safety-net hospital from a grim…...
Hennepin County faces SNAP shortfalls and other federal cuts
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (597+ words) I donate to help sustain journalism that operates free from state control or commercial pressure, so the public can rely on truly independent information." Tell us your reason why when you donate to Minn Post today! Hennepin County officials say…...
Health department: 'Steep rise' in uninsured Minnesotans
4+ week, 2+ day ago (317+ words) Minn Post's journalists are out in the community bringing you the news you rely on. Support them today! Minnesota's rate of those without health insurance is the highest it's been since 2017, even if our state does a lot better than…...
MNsure enrollment is down at least 8%
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1016+ words) Your donation today will help Minn Post continue to report on the news you need. Kayla Spencer is not unemployed, nor is she reduced to irregular independent contractor work." In fact, Spencer is the executive director of a nonprofit child…...
Walz is auditing for Medicaid fraud, but the scope is limited
4+ mon, 13+ hour ago (1554+ words) A press conference last week gave Gov. Tim Walz the opportunity to say what steps his administration has taken to uncover scam health care providers that are defrauding the Minnesota Department of Human Services." Amid questions that ranged from whether…...
Minnesota's ACA marketplace is about to become unaffordable
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1756+ words) Beki Cook was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema in 2019, a condition in which her tongue can swell to the point where she can't breathe." Luckily for Cook, in 2020 the Food and Drug Administration approved the prescription drug Orladeyo, an oral capsule…...
Hennepin Healthcare could lose $1. 5 billion due to Medicaid cuts
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (216+ words) The Hennepin Healthcare is projected to lose $1. 5 billion in funding due to "Medicaid cuts and new work requirements in the Big Beautiful Bill Act," CCX Media reports. "That prospect has the operators of the state's largest publicly-funded hospital concerned about…...
How dire are Minnesota nursing home finances? It's hard to judge
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1292+ words) In January, the state of Minnesota will roll out an ambitious and controversial new law that will require nursing homes to pay a $19 minimum wage to all its workers, and wage floors between $23-$27 for employees with nursing certifications." Republicans, and…...
The OBBBA has killed Minnesota hospitals' $1 billion plan
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1329+ words) WASHINGTON " Minnesota's hospitals thought they had a great idea to increase the money they receive for treating Medicaid patients by leveraging federal dollars. But the One Big Beautiful Bill Act threatens to shred that plan and is even likely to…...
90, 000 Minnesotans could face health insurance premium hikes
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1016+ words) WASHINGTON " For 90, 000 Minnesotans, the Affordable Care Act may soon become unaffordable. That's because a COVID-era policy by the Biden administration that has'lowered the cost of an insurance policy in the ACA marketplace, called MNsure in Minnesota, will end on Dec....