HEALTH CARE REFORM
North Dakota to expand Medicaid coverage
By Ryan Schuster Earlier this month North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed legislation allowing the state to expand Medicaid coverage to an estimated 20,000 North Dakotans who dont currently qualify...
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:41 AM
The Jenna Act
I do believe the cures for theills of the world can be found in the conversations conducted in hair salons, barber shops and nail salons. Theyfunction likethink tanks where the patrons and the stylist...
Posted on 3/7/12 at 10:18 PM
Mathern joins fight to protect health care
Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, sent out a news release last night, saying he is helping to fight an effort by state attorney generals to overturn health care reforms. Mathern said he and other state legi...
Posted on 11/17/10 at 10:21 AM
Noteworthy 1.0
Noteworthy stuff that has crossed my desk in recent days: - It'sall aboutthe nicotine:Efforts to reduce the health impact of tobacco use have historically concentrated on two key strategies: findin...
Posted on 10/7/10 at 10:04 AM
Richard Shafer, Grand Forks, letter: Republicans’ message seems to be, 'You’re on your own' 
That Romney now disavows his own success and good service to the people of Massachusetts is both hypocritical and disingenuous. Supporting retention and improvement of our hard-won national health care reforms should be our common goal.
By Richard Shafer , February 03, 2012
Douglas Sczygelski, Grand Forks, letter: Columnist Will says, ‘Let them eat cake’ 
What does George WIll think people who can’t get health insurance should do? Just crawl into a hole and die?
By Douglas Sczygelski , December 11, 2011
Don Sollom, Thief River Falls, letter: Congress neglects concerns of middle class 
Virtually none of the Republican members of Congress likes Obamacare, and all of the GOP presidential candidates want to repeal it.
But I would like to see the Republicans’ plan for health care when and if they do succeed with the repeal.
By Don Sollom , November 25, 2011
N.D. health insurance exchange could be nation’s first 
Consumers would have more info, but it’ll cost the stateNorth Dakota could become one of the first states in the country to implement a key provision of the 2010 federal health care reform legislation if lawmakers approve a bill during this week’s special session.
November 09, 2011
Mayo Clinic opposes key health reform provision
The prestigious Rochester clinic is raising questions about accountable care organizations, or ACOs, which are supposed to be updated -- and better -- versions of health maintenance organizations.By Jim Spencer and Jeremy Herb , June 11, 2011
More young adults joining parents’ health plans
Hundreds of thousands of young adults are taking advantage of a 2010 health care law provision allowing adults to remain on their parents’ health plans until they turn 26. Blue Cross Blue Shield officials in North Dakota and Minnesota say they have noticed an increase in those being added to their parents’ coverage since the passage of the health care reform legislation last year.By Phil Galewitz , May 06, 2011
U.S. Supreme Court rejects quick review of fed health care law 
The Supreme Court has rejected a call from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature legislation will continue in federal appeals courts.
By Associated Press , April 25, 2011
Federal health care protest gets final approval in N.D. Legislature
Backers of a new state health care law say it helps protect North Dakotans from being forced to buy health insurance.By Associated Press , April 20, 2011
N.D. Senate endorses protest of federal health law
North Dakota lawmakers are about to approve a bill that questions the recent federal health care overhaul.By Dale Wetzel , April 19, 2011
Obama administration eases pain of Medicare cuts 
By Ricardo Alsonso-Zaldivar , April 19, 2011
Obama administration eases pain of Medicare cuts 
Millions of seniors in popular private insurance plans offered through Medicare will be getting a reprieve from some of the most controversial cuts in President Barack Obama's health care law. To critics, it's a policy shift seen as political.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar , April 19, 2011
Obama looking at health care cuts to help cut the deficit
President Barack Obama's plans to curb health care costs that drive the deficit would mean less taxpayer money for providers and more costs for beneficiaries as he draws from bipartisan ideas already on the table.By Ricardo Alsonso-Zaldivar , April 11, 2011
Congress votes to repeal small part of health law
Congress sent the White House its first rollback of last year’s health care law Tuesday, a bipartisan repeal of a burdensome tax reporting requirement that’s widely unpopular with businesses. Even President Barack Obama is eager to see it gone.April 05, 2011
Feds appeal judge's ruling calling health care overhaul unconstitutional 
The Justice Department filed a 62-page motion Friday to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta that said there's clear and well-established precedent that Congress acted within its authority in adopting the overhaul.
By Greg Bluestein , April 03, 2011
Amendment opposing national health care mandate defeated in N.D. House 
By Associated Press , March 30, 2011
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