Minnesota adopts new MNsure health exchange

Apr. 3 |               By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a new health exchange law on March 21, which is expected to enroll an estimated 1.3 Minnesotans starting next year, including...

Medicaid expansion: more insured at state-budget savings

Dec. 12 | ACA advocates predict uninsured Blacks will drop from 20 to eight percent       By Charles Hallman Staff Writer   The Greater United Way held a “community conversation” December 4 at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul on...

Lack of oral healthcare a crisis for poor children, children of color

Oct. 10 |   Current supply of dental providers  inadequate to meet provisions of  new healthcare law     Twelve years after issuing a landmark report that offered a framework for improving access to oral health, former Surgeon General David...

Communities of color suffer from lack of health insurance

Nov. 30 |   Healthcare advocates predict Affordable Care Act will treat disparities By Charles Hallman  Staff Writer   Although the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be fully implemented by the end of 2014, several aspects of it already has been...