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Minnesota is no place to be sick and poor

By Dwight Hobbes, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Tough times make it hard enough to live, much less afford health care. Yet, there it is. Everybody needs to be healthy.

President Obama is wrestling with the U.S. Senate over the issue. While they battle it out, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is free and clear to completely ignore low-income taxpayers' needs.MORE »

Single-payer health care reform advances in Minnesota

By Kathlyn Stone
By Kathlyn Stone, TC Daily Planet
As senators and business association spokeswomen debated the merits of Sen. John Marty’s proposed Minnesota Health Care Act (SF 118/HF 135) last week, more U.S. companies were announcing tens of thousands of lay-offs.MORE »
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