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Ann Marie Metzger, Governing the Health Exchange
January 18, 2012
Last week, Together For Health leader Ann Marie Metzger submitted these comments on the governance of the Health Insurance Exchange: I would like to comment on the recommendations made with
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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
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Liz Doyle, The Latest Front in the Revenue Fight
The first deadline of the Congressional “Super Committee” is now fast approaching. The bipartisan Super Committee is charged with developing a plan to reduce the national deficit by $1.2 trillion
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Dan McGrath, Moving on Up (Like the Jeffersons)!
Like TV Land’s beloved show “The Jeffersons,” TakeAction Minnesota is moving on up into a new, better office space one block south of University Avenue on Raymond. But the lessons
