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• Govt. won't begin collecting physician payment data until 2013
  The federal government will delay carrying out a key part of the health care overhaul that is aimed at shedding light on the financial relationships between doctors, drug companies, and medical device makers.May 4, 2012
• Lift weights, eat carrots, play ping pong to keep driving
  Keeping elderly people like Glenda Noble in their cars is one way to address the economic and demographic factors that make it harder for many Minnesotans to get where they want to go.May 1, 2012
• Red Lake tribal officials frustrated by dispute that keeps detention center empty, unused
  A funding dispute that lets a juvenile detention center sit empty and unused since it was built seven years ago has Red Lake tribal officials frustrated with the federal government.April 26, 2012
• U of M professor studies the styles of Supreme Court justices
  Cathy Wurzer talks with University of Minnesota professor Timothy Johnson about how Supreme Court justices react to oral arguments over the nation's health care law at the Supreme Court.March 27, 2012
• Monticello municipal broadband slugs it out
  Residents of Monticello started seven years ago to push for faster Internet service, and the bruising public-private battle that ensued is still going on. Residents have fast cheap service but the city's fledgling operation is struggling and under continued pressure from private competitors. Meanwhile, some lawmakers want to ban other cities from doing the same.March 26, 2012
• Bonding will be the focus at the Minnesota Capitol this week
  Bonding bills will be in the spotlight this week at the state Capitol. But the Republican proposals for construction projects are nowhere near the size that DFL Governor Mark Dayton proposed, and that could make for a bumpy road during the final month of the legislative session. Lawmakers are also still trying to work out their differences on teacher seniority, and they might have to do the same on voter ID. Tim Pugmire talks about what we can expect this week with Minnesota Public Radio's Cathy Wurzer.March 26, 2012
• Bill for managed care plans praised in Sen. committee
  A Senate committee on Monday heard testimony on legislation targeting health plans that do business with the state.March 13, 2012
• Minn. legislators offer competing changes to health care
  Republicans legislators Monday introduced a bill that they say would be an alternative to a state-based health insurance exchange that is being considered by Gov. Mark Dayton's administration.March 5, 2012
• Judge blocks graphic images on cigarette packages
  A judge blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up.February 29, 2012
• Data: Violence, restraints common at Minnesota Security Hospital
  The world at the Minnesota Security Hospital is tense and sometimes violent. The state-run facility provides treatment to nearly 400 adults deemed mentally ill and dangerous by the judicial system.February 28, 2012
• State facility for the mentally ill risks losing license over turmoil
  The Minnesota Security Hospital shows little sign of turning around a trend of worsening problems and new tensions that have surfaced, according to employees interviewed by MPR News and previously unreleased data from the state Department of Human Services.February 28, 2012
• Two bills regulating abortion advance in Senate
  The Senate Health and Human Services Committee today advanced two bills that would place restrictions on clinics that provide abortions.February 27, 2012
• Lawmakers urged to revoke 20 percent pay cut on personal care assistants
  Some personal care assistants in Minnesota are urging lawmakers to revoke a new law that cuts their pay by 20 percent. The Legislature last year reduced personal care assistant wages paid to family members.February 17, 2012
• Legislative auditor to review HMO process for setting rates
  Minnesota's legislative auditor says he will seek a new review of the rate-setting process for HMOs providing services to Medicaid patients.February 15, 2012
• House committee chair wants to end hospitality tax
  The Republican chair of the House Tax Committee said he would like to end the hospitality taxes Minneapolis has pledged to a Vikings stadium.February 13, 2012

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