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New Mexico eyes a 'Medicaid buy-in' plan to insure more residents

New Mexico eyes a 'Medicaid buy-in' plan to insure more residents

While some officials urge expansion of the Medicare system, several states are mulling a different way to ensure residents have affordable coverage: Help them buy into a Medicaid-like plan.
by Michelle Andrews

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Anger can be contagious. Here's how to stop the spread

Anger can be contagious. Here's how to stop the spread

Emotions circulate through social networks -- the good, bad and ugly. And these days the feeling that seems most viral is anger. Sometimes it takes just one act of kindness to stop the vicious cycle.
by Allison Aubrey

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Senate inquiry on drug prices echoes landmark hearings held 60 years ago

Senate inquiry on drug prices echoes landmark hearings held 60 years ago

A Senate hearing on Tuesday featuring pharmaceutical executives will tackle many issues raised in the historic Kefauver hearings, which led to tougher drug regulation. High prices remain a concern.
by Jay Hancock

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4 taken to Grand Forks hospital for chlorine gas exposure

Firefighters were called to the home before 9 p.m. Friday after the homeowner poured bleach into a plugged basement floor drain. The bleach reacted with a sulfuric acid drain cleaner, creating chlorine gas.
by Associated Press

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A new treatment can relieve food allergies, but few doctors offer it

A new treatment can relieve food allergies, but few doctors offer it

Many parents of kids with life-threatening food allergies live with fear, EpiPen in hand. Some are trying oral immunotherapy, a treatment that can help patients build tolerance to foods like peanuts.
by Esther Landhuis

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No charges against officer who shot man in mental health crisis

The Washington County Attorney has declined to file charges against an officer who shot a man having a mental health crisis last November in Stillwater.
by Alisa Roth

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How Gov. Walz's health care buy-in plan works

How Gov. Walz's health care buy-in plan works

Walz plan isn't as simple as a MinnesotaCare buy-in. It isn't a single-payer plan. And it wouldn't start right away.
by Briana Bierschbach

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CVS looks to make its drugstores a destination for health care

CVS looks to make its drugstores a destination for health care

With almost 10,000 stores across the country, CVS says it is already where consumers are. The company is transforming some of its stores and their retail clinics into hubs for a wider range of care. https
by Alison Kodjak

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ChangeMakers: Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, building 'a culture of health' for the underserved

ChangeMakers: Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, building 'a culture of health' for the underserved

Dr. LaPrincess Brewer, 38, is a preventive cardiologist in the department of cardiovascular medicine at Mayo Clinic, and an assistant professor at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
by Christine T. Nguyen

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