health care
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Community Acupuncture: The Calmest Revolution Ever Staged
Many people have heard about the benefits of acupuncture, but if you are looking for social change along with healing your ailment, CA is for you.MORE »
Reframing the Access to Medicines Debate: Health as a Global Public Good - Presentation by Jeffrey Sturchio
In recent decades, the benefits of new medicines and vaccines from pharmaceutical research and development have transformed the health of populations living in developed economies. Yet billions of people living in poverty have not yet benefited from these innovations. Dr.
Senator Durenberger on health care reform
Former Senator David Durenberger has been involved in health care policy for decades, first as a proponent of HMOs in the 1970s, and more recently as a advocate for national health care reform. He is currently a senior health policy fellow at the National Institute of Health Policy at the University of St. Thomas, and recently spoke to the TC Daily Planet about health care reform and access to health care. MORE »
Join the conversation: Health care in Minnesota
The Twin Cities Daily Planet's series, The New Normal: Deciding Community Priorities in a Downsized Economy, tackles a different issue each month.MORE »
What happens to Minnesotans if Title X is eliminated?
You've probably heard it on the news---the U.S. House is playing politics with women's health, working to zero out Title X family planning funds. The fact is, Title X is a common sense program that has historically been supported by both parties.MORE »
Meet Wendell Potter, author of "Deadly Spin"
Wendell Potter, author and former insurance executive, will discuss his book, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans, on Wednesday, January 19 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis.
Quality in Accountable Primary Care Clinics: Should we risk adjust for type of health care insurance? - A talk by Douglas Wholey
This talk is free and open to the public.
Obamacare to the rescue on GAMC, maybe
Last year, it was the federal stimulus bill that helped state lawmakers plug a $4.6 billion deficit for the 2010-2011 budget cycle, by increasing funding for education, health and welfare programs.MORE »
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