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	<title>Politics in Minnesota &#187; Minnesota Hospital Association</title>
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		<title>Health care groups protest proposed cuts in House and Senate budgets</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2013/03/health-care-groups-protest-proposed-cuts-in-house-and-senate-budgets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of more than 50 health care organizations has sent a letter to DFL House and Senate leaders protesting their plan to cut $150 million from health and human services programs.

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		<title>Minnesota Nurses Association details revamped safe staffing legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Hayden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Nurses Association is pushing a proposal that it believes will increase  patient safety at the state's hospitals. The legislation would require all hospitals to meet staffing standards based on recommendation from national health care groups.

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		<title>David Feinwachs loses appeal in lawsuit against health plans</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/09/david-feinwachs-loses-appeal-in-lawsuit-against-health-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Council of Health Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Hospital Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Court of Appeals has rejected David Feinwachs' appeal of a lawsuit alleging that the Minnesota Council of Health Plans conspired to get him fired as general counsel of the Minnesota Hospital Association. The ruling by a three-judge panel, released on Monday, upholds a decision by a lower court in December dismissing Feinwachs' complaint.]]></description>
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		<title>DHS commissioner reveals federal investigation of state&#8217;s Medicaid program</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2012/02/dhs-commissioner-reveals-federal-investigation-of-states-medicaid-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Laine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julie Brunner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Council of Health Plans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Gottwalt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government is investigating Minnesota’s $3.6 billion Medicaid program for potential fraud. Department of Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson discussed the investigation during a committee hearing on Tuesday devoted to transparency issues with regards to the state’s nonprofit health plans.

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		<title>Interest groups, Hennepin Co. line up behind limited government shutdown</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/06/groups-hennepin-co-line-up-behind-limited-government-shutdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Grovum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Gearin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lori Swanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Dayton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The groups filing today include the Minnesota Hospital Association, which joined the case in support of Attorney General Lori Swanson's petition over Gov. Mark Dayton's.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Feinwachs on lack of HMO transparency</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2011/02/video-feinwachs-on-lack-of-hmo-transparency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave Feinwachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota Hospital Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The plight of Dave Feinwachs and his crusade to bring greater accountability to health-maintenance organizations is the subject of a lengthy piece in Monday's edition of Capitol Report. The former general counsel of the Minnesota Hospitals Association, who was fired in November, has been giving his power-point presentation ever since to anyone who will listen.]]></description>
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		<title>Marty: Who&#8217;s minding the store?</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/12/marty-whos-minding-the-store/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/12/marty-whos-minding-the-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sen. John Marty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[State budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, many items in the state budget have been scrutinized with a fine-tooth comb. Even relatively small expenditures and contracts are reviewed to see if there is a way to save money or perform the task more efficiently.

Sometimes, however, there are big-ticket items that get nowhere near the scrutiny they deserve.]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses union decries lobbying tactics of hospital association</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/12/nurses-union-decries-lobbying-tactics-of-hospitals-association/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/12/nurses-union-decries-lobbying-tactics-of-hospitals-association/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Massa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Hamilton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Rachleff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In July the Minnesota Nurses Association settled a contentious contract dispute with 14 Twin Cities hospitals. The primary sticking point during the standoff, which included a one-day strike: staffing levels. Specifically the nurses' union wanted explicit nurse-to-patient ratios written into the labor contract.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota nurses, hospitals reach agreement</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/07/minnesota-nurses-hospitals-reach-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Sundquist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Nurses Association, which had a strike scheduled to begin July 6, has reached an agreement with 14 Twin Cities hospitals on new collective bargaining agreements, according to a joint statement this afternoon from both groups.]]></description>
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		<title>Heath care advocates call for early Medicaid expansion</title>
		<link>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/05/heath-care-advocates-call-for-early-medicaid-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://politicsinminnesota.com/2010/05/heath-care-advocates-call-for-early-medicaid-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 19:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Demko</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lawrence Massa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Meiches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A coalition of health care organizations is calling on Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Legislature to scrap a deal to save the General Assistance Medical Care program. Instead, they want Minnesota to add the roughly 35,000 individuals currently enrolled in the health insurance program for poor, childless adults to the federal Medicaid rolls.]]></description>
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