New approach to health care uses holistic model

Jan. 9 |   Focus on wellness and prevention is the healthcare wave of the future    By Charles Hallman Staff Writer NorthPoint Health and Wellness, Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health, Hennepin County Medical Center and Metropolitan...

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...

Constitutional challenge repelled, healthcare reform continues

Jul. 18 | Proponents grapple with ‘mountains of misinformation’  By Charles Hallman Staff Writer (l)Stella Whitney-West, Photo courtesy of NorthPoint,Anton Gunn, Photo courtesy of HHS The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) earlier this year...

Chasing the tornado money

Jul. 11 |       By Charles Hallman Staff Writer and  Jerry Freeman Senior Editor   Almost immediately after the tornado struck North Minneapolis in May 2011, the Minneapolis Foundation established its Minnesota Helps Fund and raised $1,756,060...