Health
Walk-in holistic wellness center, right around the corner
A new holistic wellness center has opened on the corner of 48th and Chicago Avenue in the old home of Parkway Hardware Store. Spark Clinic previously operated out of the Shenandoah Wellness Center, but they moved to their own space last month.MORE »
Whose conscience? Whose rights?
The Obama administration said this month that church-run hospitals, universities and charities, like other employers, must cover birth control in their health insurance plans, as an essential provision for women's health care. Despite the protests of the Catholic hierarchy, this decision is the right thing to do.MORE »
Essential health benefits discussion draws criticism
With less than two years before individuals and employers choose new coverage plans as directed by the Affordable Care Act, local legislators are trying to wade through federal mechanics of mandated coverage and how new required services will impact health care costs.MORE »
National day puts high black AIDS rates in Minneapolis spotlight
“Silence is death,” said J. Louis Thompson, HIV coordinator at The Aliveness Project. Thompson was one of several speakers at an event held at the University of Minnesota’s Urban Research and Outreach Center as part of the 12th Annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on February 7.MORE »
Opportunity knocks with federal health care reform
Among the hot topics at the Capitol in the 2012 Legislative Session is how federal health care reform will be implemented here in Minnesota. The federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 lays out a path to address the many problems facing the nation’s curreMORE »
Race to the bottom: Minnesota's health care gap
Here's one of those Minnesota ironies highlighting yet another gap in our community: While Minnesota ranks among the best in overall health quality, we have one of the nation's largest health quality gaps by race.MORE »
Task force prepares for Affordable Care Act provisions
One of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) major provisions is the creation of insurance exchanges or state-based marketplaces for small businesses and people without employer health coverage. Although these exchanges, designed to offer choices of affordable health plans, are not mandated until 2014, Minnesota officials are now meeting to decide how to set them up.MORE »
Health care exchange recommendations released
Rep. Joe Atkins (DFL-Inver Grove Heights) said he expects to introduce a bill later this week or early next week that would put Minnesota on a path to developing its own Internet-based health care marketplace for the uninsured, before a federal exchange program would take its place.MORE »
Healthcare project targets those with greatest need
Hennepin County this month introduced a “patient-centered” pilot healthcare program designed to integrate medical, behavioral health, and human services for low-income individuals. Reduced healthcare costs are just one of the hoped-for outcomes.MORE »
What's for lunch?
Pizza, sloppy joes, and a tiny serving of overcooked green beans. Yum?MORE »
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