How much more could Minnesotans pay as healthcare costs rise?
The high cost of healthcare is hitting Minnesotans hard, and the issue is top of mind for many voters just eight days before the midterm elections.
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The high cost of healthcare is hitting Minnesotans hard, and the issue is top of mind for many voters just eight days before the midterm elections.
The high cost of healthcare is hitting Minnesotans hard. The issue is top of mind for many voters just eight days before the midterm elections. Caroline Cummings has more on the double-digit increases some could face in 2027.
Stellis Health says its commitment to the communities it serves "isn't changing" as it plans to become part of CentraCare. Shareholders have voted to move forward.
It's news that's frustrating and confusing for 350,000 Minnesotans. Because of changes in federal funding, Medicare plans are being cut.
It's news that's frustrating and confusing for 350,000 Minnesotans. Medicare plans are being cut because of changes to Federal funding. As Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield shares, they have to find new coverage and fast.
The union representing dozens of Twin Cities Allina Health hospice nurses who went on strike last month says they reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday.
It's been a year of large healthcare mergers in Minnesota, and some state lawmakers are concerned that it will increase costs for patients.
Medica announced it will no longer fully cover at-home nursing for families of children who need 24/7 care. Minnesota lawmakers didn't stop the change. The governor didn't either. Here's what happens now.
The fight to protect the most vulnerable children in the state is escalating. Medica announced it will no longer fully cover at-home nursing for families of children who need 24/7 care, saying it is within the law. Lawmakers didn't stop the change. The governor didn't either. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield explains what happens now.
HealthPartners and Essentia Health are set to merge after its respective boards of directors agreed to an affiliation agreement Tuesday, marking the third major consolidation involving Minnesota health systems announced in the last six months.
A potential merger between Allina and Sutter health has concerned community members pushing for patient and worker protections.
A potential merger between Allina and Sutter Health has concerned community members pushing for patient and worker protections. WCCO's Reg Chapman was at their rally in Powderhorn Park today.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a candidate for Minnesota governor, says she'll fight to lower healthcare costs in the state. Hear about her plan and what a spokesperson for her Republican opponent, Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth, said in response.
Operation Metro Surge took a toll on schools, businesses, restaurants and medical care. Inspire Change Clinic in south Minneapolis responded by changing how it delivered care.
Operation Metro Surge took a toll on schools, businesses, restaurants, and medical care. We're learning how doctors, nurses and clinics had to pivot to reach patients afraid to leave their homes to get care. Ubah Ali has the findings published in a prominent medical journal and the lessons learned.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
More than 100 doctors within the Allina Health system are on strike in Minnesota. The doctors' union called Monday historic, saying it believes it's the first-ever private-sector hospital strike. Jason Rantala shows us what they're asking for.
One hundred fifty doctors with Allina Health began a four-day strike on Monday. Negotiations between Doctors Council SEIU and the healthcare organization have taken more than three years. Jason Rantala reports.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
The roughly 30 remaining Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery in Watertown, many in their 80s and 90s, are developing their 500-acre property into The Village at Harmony Hill — a planned community with up to 700 residences, child care, senior care, commercial space, and a NASA-affiliated STEM center.
A major merger between Minnesota-based North Memorial Health and South Dakota-based Sanford Health was announced Friday morning, and is set to close in a matter of days.
North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale and Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health have entered into a 10-year agreement with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office as part of a merger between the two healthcare systems. John Lauritsen shares what this means for patients.
Hospice nurses who work for Minnesota-based Allina Health have voted to authorize a seven-day unfair labor practice strike, the union representing them said on Monday.
After losing one of the closest House races in the country, Democrat Christina Bohannan is campaigning earlier and deeper into rural Iowa, including counties she did not visit before the 2024 election.
Dozens of Twin Cities hospice workers are walking the picket line Monday in a one-day strike after nearly a year of negotiations for an inaugural union contract.
