LABOR NEWS
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Thank a union Mining Wages Outpace Other Private Sector Jobs Mining jobs have become the best jobs in the region for most workers.
HEALTH CARE
Health Care Spending Slows in Minnesota Health care spending in Minnesota rose just 2.2 percent in 2010 — the slowest annual growth rate since 1997, the Minnesota Department of Health reported Wednesday.
Poll: Voters Want Fights Over Health Law to Stop Fifty-one percent of likely voters told pollsters for NPR that it’s time for Congress to move on to other issues now that the Supreme Court has issued its ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
NOTES ON NURSING
Don’t Get Sick in July From what I’ve experienced as a clinical nurse, whether or not the July Effect is statistically validated as a cause of fatal hospital errors, it is undeniably real in terms of adequacy and quality of care delivery.