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• Group pushes for Mpls Park Board to be independent
  A group of Minneapolis Park Board supporters has collected enough signatures to get a proposal on the ballot this fall which would make the board an independent body.August 10, 2009
• Help for long term care?
  Saving for care in our old age usually falls by the wayside in favor of the things we want to pay for now. A relatively little known provision in some health care bills allows people to voluntary contribute to a national fund that would pay at least $50 a day for at home nursing care for people who are disabled.Midmorning, August 10, 2009
• Rep. Peterson opposes Obama's health care reform plan
  Minnesota U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson says he will likely vote against the health care reform proposal working its way through Congress.August 5, 2009
• Stakes high for small businesses in health care debate
  As members of Congress head home for their August break, the debate over the impact of health care reform on small business is heating up.August 4, 2009
• Checking the facts on health care reform
  President Obama has lost public support for his health care reform bill, while the political battle on Capitol Hill has heated up. Midmorning looks past the rhetoric to find out if the reform plan gets at the heart of what is ailing Americans about our health care system.Midmorning, August 3, 2009
• Will reform lead to rationing?
  Opponents of the President's push for health care reform have argued that increased government involvement in the system will lead to rationing. Others say there is already rationing going on in our health care system. Midmorning looks at why rationing has become such a dirty word in the politics of health care reform.Midmorning, July 30, 2009
• Pawlenty urges Minn. delegation to 'abandon' health reform bill
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty outlined his concerns about a health care reform bill Tuesday in a letter he sent to the state's Congressional delegation.July 28, 2009
• Sen. Klobuchar pushing bill to fight Medicare fraud
  Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she hopes to include legislation to prevent Medicare fraud in the health reform bill being debated in Washington.July 28, 2009
• Women's health and reform
  American women's support for President Obama's health plan has been slipping according to a recent poll. Midmorning discusses what's missing from the reform effort to reduce disparities for women in the health care system, from coverage to treatment and research.Midmorning, July 27, 2009
• McCollum says deal reached on Medicare concerns
  Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum said she has reached a resolution with House negotiators over her concerns about Medicare reimbursement inequities.July 24, 2009
• Obama on health revamp: Debate is `not a game'
  President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that Medicare and Medicaid are the "biggest driving force behind" massive federal deficits, and must be tamed as part of any health care legislation.July 22, 2009
• Obama's health care campaign hits Minnesota
  President Barack Obama has mobilized his campaign organization in Minnesota and other states to help build support for health care legislation.July 21, 2009
• McCollum, Paulsen concerned about inequities in health care reform plan
  The national health care debate came to the state Capitol on Monday, as U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota heard from a variety of observers about the health care reform being discussed in Washington.July 20, 2009
• Gingrich, Pawlenty pan health care proposal
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich are giving similarly bad reviews to the health care reform bill introduced this week in Washington.July 16, 2009
• Pawlenty says proposed health care plan bad for Minn.
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty says the legislation unveiled this week to overhaul the nation's health care system is bad for Minnesota.July 15, 2009

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