KEITH ELLISON, DEMOCRAT Age: 43 Home: Minneapolis Family: Married, four children Education: Wayne State University, B.A. in economics; University of Minnesota, law degree. Career: Elected to the state House of Representatives in 2002 and reelected in 2004. Has his own law firm. Issues: Wants the United States out of Iraq. Favors single-payer universal health-care coverage, increased use of
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, University of Minnesota physician Jon Hallberg went to Louisiana to relieve over-stretched clinics in the area. He ended up treating the health care "disaster" that existed long before the hurricanes hit. He recently went back to see what's changed.
A state-managed pharmaceutical purchasing program to provide discount drugs to health care facilities needs better tracking by a state agency that collects fees from manufacturers, says an audit released today. The Legislative Auditor's recommendation is listed in a report that found deficiencies in the Minnesota Multi-State Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy program. Poor tracking by the
People, it is ironic that a veteran, retired Air Force Col. Stan Gudmundson, repeats so many outdated views of medicine paid for through government sources.
Ahead of the midterm elections, people in Anoka, Minn., craved substance and not rhetoric, and wanted to hear about issues like health care and the war in Iraq.
MINNEAPOLIS----Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency : WHO: The nonprofit Minnesota Visiting Nurse Agency , is announcing the opening of this season's public flu shot clinics. All proceeds from MVNA's flu shot program support health care nursing services to poor and disadvantaged families in the community.
With midterm elections less than four weeks away, health care still hasn't emerged as a national issue -- despite rising costs and a growing population of uninsured.
PBS on Thursday will begin to air a four-part series called "Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century," which examines efforts to improve the U.S. health care system, including increasing patient safety, reducing medical errors, and creating partnerships between providers and their communities. Summaries of the episodes appear below. [click link for full article]
