HEALTHCARE
Enrolling in Medicare? Go online.
Three separate questions were received this week about how and when to enroll in Medicare when the person is not yet ready to start Social Security benefits. Even though Social Security full retirem...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 11:56 AM
Chickens, Dishwashing, and Keynesian Economics
You know, you wouldn't think that Sicilian Buttercup chickens would have much to do with the U.S. economy, healthcare -- yours or society's -- or even whether to wash your dishes by hand or use a dish...
Posted on 5/10/13 at 2:48 PM
Blogging from Kenya
Nine Jamestown College students and two staff members have arrived in Chogoria, Kenya to practice servant leadership, learn about another culture, and gain experience in their respective fields of s...
Posted on 5/15/11 at 2:43 PM
Healthcare workshop here
A Healthcare Workforce Development Workshop will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Quality Inn & Suites in Jamestown. The workshop will focus on the challenges employers in the health care industry face in developing and retaining a quality workforce in North Dakota’s booming economy.June 15, 2013
Sanford to trim jobs
By By Patrick Springer, Forum News Service , June 07, 2013
Sanford Health to trim $10 million in top jobs
Dakotas-based Sanford Health is streamlining management in a plan that is expected save the growing system an estimated $10 million per year.June 06, 2013
Republican vs. Republican on covering uninsured
It seems like the political battles over health care will never end.June 01, 2013
Fallout for states rejecting Medicaid expansion
By By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press , April 23, 2013
Hospital: One stillborn unaccounted for
A second stillborn baby may have ended up at a Red Wing laundry, Regions Hospital in St. Paul said Friday. The hospital released that statement two days after acknowledging that the body of a stillborn boy that tumbled out of linens being prepared for cleaning Tuesday came from the Regions Hospital morgue.By By Sun Staff , April 20, 2013
Obama health law anniversary finds two Americas related to it
By By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press , March 22, 2013
Heitkamp: Health care should focus on incentives, not mandates
Democrat Heidi Heitkamp said Monday that Congress ought to be discussing ways to reduce health care costs while emphasizing personal wellness, instead of continuing to politicize controversial reforms.By By Kristen M. Daum , Forum Communications , July 24, 2012
N.D. conservatives still oppose state health exchange
A coalition of conservatives says it will continue to oppose federal health care reform and does not think North Dakota should implement provisions of the law.By By Teri Finneman , Forum Communications , July 24, 2012
After the merger: Sanford to invest $200 million in N.D.
Sanford Health will invest $200 million over the next 10 years to enhance health services in Bismarck-Mandan and throughout western North Dakota, including a new super clinic in Dickinson, the company announced Thursday.July 13, 2012
Readers share on Affordable Care Act
Last week, The Jamestown Sun asked readers of its website the question “How much do you know about the Affordable Care Act?” Here are the results of the unscientific survey:July 12, 2012
GOP House votes to overturn health law
Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the nation’s two-year-old health care law, a maneuver that forced Democrats to choose between President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement and a public that is persistently skeptical of its value.July 12, 2012
IRS prepares to police new health care rules
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of President Barack Obama’s health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about 2 1/2 years, when they’ll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance.By By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press , July 10, 2012
Letter to the editor: N.D. should begin work on health insurance system
There is a reason why an annual car insurance premium is about the size of a single monthly car payment, while a monthly health insurance premium is often as large as a monthly mortgage payment on a house.By Tom Potter , July 10, 2012
Sanford Health merges with Medcenter One
The merger between Sanford Health and Medcenter One became official with the stroke of a pen Tuesday. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem gave his OK to the merger, already approved by the boards of the two health systems, which will expand Sanford’s coverage area into central and western North Dakota. In a three-page letter outlining his review, Stenehjem said his office is “unable to conclude” that the transaction is not in Medcenter One’s best interest.By By Patrick Springer , Forum Communications , July 05, 2012
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