HEALTH CARE
Patients Balk at Corporate Health Care When the local, independent hospital becomes part of a larger health system, whether Sanford Health, Essentia Health, Mayo Clinic or another, the hospitals also can become more impersonal, bureaucratic and frustrating.
U.S. Lags in Preventable Deaths More bad news for the U.S. health care system. According to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund, America is worst among three other industrialized nations when it comes to preventing avoidable deaths through timely, effective medical care. The problem, once again, is the lack of health insurance, the report suggests.
LABOR
Legislative Panel Rejects New State Employee Contracts The Legislative Subcommittee on Employee Relations, with a Republican majority, voted 6-4 to reject contracts negotiated by the Dayton Administration and the two unions — the American Federal of State, County and Municipal employees (AFSCME) and the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE.)
Take Action, Tues., Sept. 4 Union member metro-wide door-knock.
NHL Labor Talks Still at Impasse The players’ association took issue Wednesday with the latest NHL proposal that commissioner Gary Bettman called “meaningful” and “significant.”