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Policy 7:03 am, Apr. 4, 2021

Getting a prescription to die remains tricky even as aid-in-dying bills gain momentum

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Policy 10:32 am, Mar. 26, 2021

Her doctor’s office moved one floor up. Her bill was 10 times higher

Bill Gassen, CEO of Sanford Health. Special to The Forum

Policy 7:30 am, Mar. 15, 2021

Sanford Health CEO says future growth will focus on Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa

President Joe Biden walks through W.S. Jenks & Son hardware store Tuesday, March 9, 2021 as he visits the small business that has benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides forgivable loans to businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Washington. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Policy 2:31 pm, Mar. 9, 2021

Pandemic aid package includes relief from high premiums

Troy Becker, Forum News Service

Derek Chauvin Trial 7:00 am, Mar. 6, 2021

NEWSMD Special Report: The risks of police restraint

In January, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to open up the federal health insurance marketplace for three months so uninsured people can buy a plan and those who want to change their marketplace coverage can do so. Dreamstime / Tribune News Service

Policy 7:05 am, Feb. 19, 2021

ACA marketplace is open again for insurance sign-ups

Mikkel and Kayla Kjelshus found out the hard way that they didn’t have a choice about which parent’s insurance was considered primary after daughter Charlie was born and spent seven days in the NICU. They might have avoided their quagmire if Mikkel had dropped his own coverage and gotten onto Kayla’s plan before Charlie was born. Christopher Smith for KHN

Policy 10:13 am, Jan. 28, 2021

First-time parents blindsided by ‘the birthday rule’ and a $207,455 NICU bill

A line of police officers on bicycles in riot gear near the Minneapolis Police Department's 3rd Precinct during a May 27 protest against the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News file photo

Policy 7:03 am, Jan. 24, 2021

Minneapolis crowd control overkill caused blindness, brain injuries, report shows

Anita Baron was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) after nine months of countless tests. By the time her Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare came through, Baron and her husband had maxed out their credit cards and raided $10,000 from their IRA and were $13,000 in debt. Kaiser Health News illustration

Policy 7:03 am, Jan. 22, 2021

After a decade of lobbying, ALS patients gain faster access to disability payments

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Policy 8:00 am, Jan. 10, 2021

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

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Policy 11:19 am, Jan. 5, 2021

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

Sanford Medical Center Fargo is seen Wednesday, March 18, in south Fargo.
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Policy 9:58 am, Nov. 2, 2020

Medicare fines half of hospitals for readmitting too many patients

Policy 7:10 pm, Oct. 12, 2020

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

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Policy 9:00 am, Oct. 11, 2020

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

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 9:51 am, Sep. 22, 2020

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 3:00 pm, Sep. 3, 2020

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

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Policy 1:30 pm, Jul. 24, 2020

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

Policy 11:14 am, Jul. 21, 2020

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

Jody Lien, Otter Tail County Public Health director

Policy 1:54 pm, Jul. 1, 2020

Otter Tail not out of the woods regarding COVID-19