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Sarah Greenfield, Exchange Governance Recommendations: A Mixed Bag for Minnesotans
January 19, 2012
The Affordable Care Act will expand health care to 300,000 Minnesotans – most of whom will find coverage through the state’s new “Health Benefits Exchange.” Yesterday, the state’s “Exchange Task
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Chris Tanita, My Story — and 11,000 of My Neighbors
When I accepted an invitation to be a leader with TakeAction Minnesota’s Together for Health Campaign in the summer of 2008, I really underestimated what I was saying yes to
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Dolores Voorhees, Who Should An Exchange Be Built For?
On December 21, I attended a meeting of the Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force in St. Cloud. The agenda consisted of reports from the Financing, Long-Term Governance and Navigators/Brokers
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Chris Conry, The Economy May Be Down, But Bank Bonuses Are Up
December is a busy month. Between shoveling, shopping, and preparing for guests it’s easy to miss one of our great, overlooked annual traditions: it’s bank executive bonus season. This year
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Elsa van Gorp, Media: A Tool For Justice?
While studying social justice and organizing at the University of Minnesota and through the HECUA Metro Urban Studies Program, I have become conscious that change cannot happen so long as
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Gene Nichols, Exchange Task Force Needs People Focus
If you paused and listened to some of the participants at the Minnesota Health Care Exchange task force meetings, you might hear an occasional utterance about the very persons the
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Bruce Larson, Health Insurance Exchange Update
The second meeting of the Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force was held November 17th in at the St. Paul River Center. This group is charged with providing options in
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Ann Marie Metzger, An Exchange That Provides Care
On November 8th the Minnesota Department of Commerce held its first meeting of the Health Insurance Exchange Advisory Task Force which is charged with providing options in setting up a
