by Paul Demko
Published: December 14, 2009
Tags: Erin Murphy, General Assistance Medical Care, Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, Hennepin County Medical Center, Matt Dean, Mike Opat, Tim Pawlenty
Can some form of General Assistance Medical Care be saved? That was the question debated this afternoon at a joint session of two House committees dealing with health care.
by Steve Perry
Published: September 21, 2009
Tags: H1N1, Hennepin County Medical Center, Swine Flu
Officials at Hennepin County Medical Center, one of the state’s principal safety-net hospitals, have made contingency plans for the emerging H1N1 outbreak that envision a 12-week crisis period.
by Betsy Sundquist
Published: July 2, 2009
Tags: General Assistance Medical Care, Hennepin County Medical Center, Paul Thissen, Tim Pawlenty, Unallotments
Minnesota legislators will visit Hennepin County Medical Center Friday to discuss the facility’s potential loss of $43 million to $109 million with Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s elimination of general assistance medical care, which provides health care for more than 30,000 Minnesotans. "I want to be clear:The decision to drop health care for over 30,000 Minnesotans was immoral [...]
