HEALTH CARE
North Dakota one of 27 states to default to federal exchange
North Dakota is one of 27 states that have decided to let the federal government set up and run the state marketplace or exchange under the Affordable Care Act. Open enrollment is set to start on Octo...
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:25 AM
Change fatigue in health care
The patient was at the hospital for a straightforward same-day surgery but the admission process fell far short of efficient. She was directed hither and yon - first to the registration desk, then to ...
Posted on 5/9/13 at 3:39 PM
Opinions Get Us Into Trouble
Most of us tend to have an opinion. I sure do on just about any subject except where we should eat tonightmuch to the huzs chagrin. With technological advances and the trappings that have come with t...
Posted on 7/13/12 at 7:30 AM
Art in All Places - Jamestown Regional Medical Center
This morning I had the opportunity to visit the Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC). Not as a patient but as an art enthusiast. I hadn't yet had the opportunity to see the new facility. So why st...
Posted on 4/10/12 at 3:42 PM
N.D. lawmakers discuss inmate medical bills
BISMARCKThe increasing cost of medical care for jail inmates is of growing concern for North Dakota counties, and state lawmakers are trying to decide how to handle the issue. The Senate Human Servic...
Posted on 1/10/11 at 6:43 PM
Obama administration eases pain of Medicare cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of seniors in popular private insurance plans offered through Medicare will be getting a reprieve from some of the most controversial cuts in President Barack Obama's health care law.By By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Associated Press , April 19, 2011
Letter to the editor: Many will benefit from U.S. health care reform
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of health care reform. How this moves forward or backwards depends in great part on the North Dakota Legislature.By Sen. Tim Mathern , March 30, 2011
Sanford Health ramps up children’s clinic plans
Sanford Health is embarking on an expanded mission to establish “well over 20” children’s clinics outside its service area in the United States and abroad.By By Patrick Springer , Forum Communications Co. , March 22, 2011
Sanford Health, Avera hiring hundreds
Two health care giants based in Sioux Falls say they plan to create hundreds of jobs in the region this year.March 14, 2011
Survey: N.D. retirees worry about health and money
Health care issues and financial security are the top challenges facing North Dakotans as they age, according to a new survey released Tuesday by the AARP.By Forum Communications Co. Report , March 10, 2011
BCBS working on sustainable health care system
Is a sustainable health care system possible or is the population doomed to ever-increasing premiums and medical costs?March 10, 2011
Judge: States must continue with health overhaul
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge who declared President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul unconstitutional ruled Thursday that states must continue implementing it while the case makes its way through the courts. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson was responding to a request from Obama administration attorneys who sought to ensure Florida and 25 other states follow the law until their challenge to it is resolved.By By Melissa Nelson, The Associated Press , March 04, 2011
N.D. bill would give $3.5M to rural hospitals
Most of North Dakota's rural hospitals lose money, and a bill in the state Legislature would give them more state and federal aid.March 02, 2011
Obama: Flexibility OK, but health care law remains
Anxious to ease deepening political tensions with the states, President Barack Obama on Monday told governors he wants to speed up their ability to enforce his signature health care law on their own terms. But his concession goes only so far: He warned he won’t allow states to weaken the law.By By Ben Feller, The Associated Press , March 01, 2011
Letter to the editor: Democrats continue to force health care reform on U.S.
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the health care reform law known as Obamacare. Rep. Rick Berg, R-N.D., co-sponsored the bill and voted for repeal. Thank you, Berg.By Brent McCarthy , February 25, 2011
ND House defeats measures aimed at federal govt
February 17, 2011
Health care plan has merit
The new health care law’s biggest flaw (among many) is that it does little to address the heart of the looming health care crisis: rising costs.By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , February 14, 2011
Letter to the editor: Scrap health care reform law and start over anew
It was hard to miss the full-page advertisement on page A2 of the The Jamestown Sun Jan. 24 signed by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., titled “Open letter to the people of North Dakota from Senator Kent Conrad.” The purpose? To assure us that the health care reform passed by the 111th Congress and signed by President Barack Obama, “takes us in the right direction” and “we are putting our nation back on a more sound long-term fiscal course.”By Hal Neff , February 04, 2011
Dakotas officials react to health care ruling
Officials in the Dakotas are applauding a federal judge in Florida who ruled the Obama administration's health care overhaul is unconstitutional.February 01, 2011
Fla. judge strikes down Obama health care overhaul
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be required to buy health insurance.By Melissa Nelson, The Associated Press , January 31, 2011
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