Minnesota Legislature: Health Care

Medical marijuana proponents want voters to decide

Medical marijuana backers are preparing to try to put a constitutional amendment -- ensuring the right of the sick and dying to smoke marijuana -- on the state ballot next year. (05/28/2009)

Hospitals favor higher taxes over budget cuts

Officials representing the state's hospitals say they're so concerned about the level of cuts in Gov. Pawlenty's budget plan that they would support increasing a tax on health care providers to prevent the cuts. (05/04/2009)

Medical marijuana bill clears Minn. Senate

The Minnesota Senate has approved legislation that would allow medical marijuana use for seriously ill patients. (04/29/2009)

House, Senate pass health and welfare bills

The Minnesota House and Senate have passed separate Health and Human Services finance bills that use federal economic stimulus money to maintain current eligibility for state-subsidized health benefits. Both versions reduce spending, but not by as much as Gov. Tim Pawlenty has called for. (04/27/2009)

DFLers propose cutting payments to health care providers

Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, said most provider payments would be cut by 3 percent, but he said no one currently on state subsidized health insurance would lose their coverage. (04/21/2009)

Medical marijuana bill takes another step forward

A bill to allow the medical use of marijuana in Minnesota has cleared another committee in the state Senate. (03/10/2009)

House approves new psych hospital for Woodbury

The Minnesota House is on the record with overwhelming support for a proposed children's psychiatric hospital in Woodbury, but Senate approval is iffy. (05/08/2008)

Pawlenty signs bill advancing Iron Range cancer study

The rare lung cancer afflicting miners on the Iron Range will be the topic of extensive study now that Governor Tim Pawlenty has signed a bill providing money for the research. (04/28/2008)

Iron Range cancer study passes Legislature

Legislation that authorizes a nearly $5 million study of lung cancer among Iron Range miners is on its way to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's desk. The House gave final approval to the bill today on a vote of 121-1. (04/24/2008)

Deal paves the way for Iron Range cancer study

Research of a rare cancer affecting Iron Range miners will go forward, after lawmakers and Gov. Tim Pawlenty reached a compromise over the funding. (04/17/2008)

Funding for study of Iron Range cancers moving through House

Funding for a study of a kind of lung cancer that might be connected to mining taconite is moving through the state House. It was approved last week by a House committee. (03/10/2008)

Health care task forces make recommendations

A health care task force appointed by Gov. Pawlenty and a Legislative Commission on Health Care Access are out with new reports. Midday examines their recommendations. (Midday, 02/08/2008)

New health commissioner discusses the challenges of the job

Sanne Magnan, the new head of the Minnesota Department of Health, talks with MPR's Cathy Wurzer about reforming the troubled department. (09/28/2007)

How to heal our health care system

The CEO of the Mayo Clinic has a new vision for reforming America's health care system. (Midday, 09/20/2007)

Minnesota pressures Washington on health care for kids

Just a little more than two weeks remain before the State Children's Health Insurance Program is set to expire. During its current five-year authorization, the federal program has provided $25 billion to states to insure needy children. (09/13/2007)

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