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Minn. HMOs Agree To Give Back Excess ’11 Profits
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Four large nonprofit health plans will return excess profits from public health care contracts to the state under a yearlong deal announced Tuesday by Gov. Mark Dayton. Blue...
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HealthPartners Gives Snack Tips For Baseball Games
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — With the excitement of the Twins home opener in the air, a Minnesota health insurer says baseball fans should watch the amount of hot dogs, Cracker Jacks and beer going down...
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Health Clinic Opens In Anoka County Courthouse
ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — Basic health care just got more convenient for employees at the Anoka County Courthouse. HealthPartners of Bloomington opened a clinic at the courthouse Monday which will be...
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Andrew Zimmern Lends Healthy Recipe Ideas At The Fair
Below are recipes for two meals Andrew Zimmern made Sunday at the Eco-Experience building at the Great Minnesota Get Together. Spaghetti Squash With Turkey Ingredients 1 small spaghetti squash, halved...
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The Truth About Calories In Some Super Bowl Snack Favorites
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Super Bowl is the biggest game of the year in football, but what would it be without some big calorie food? Some of us eat two or three days worth of calories on Super Sunday....
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HealthPartners, Park Nicollet Agree To Combine Operations
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — HealthPartners and Park Nicollet announced that they have agreed to combine their operations. The two prominent non-profit health care organizations will unite “under a combined,...
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Former Radio DJ Battles Prostate Cancer
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer will survive, but their lives will never be the same. Michael “Doughnuts” Wegner did have it good – enjoying his scenic patch of land in...
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Mom Sues After Therapy Was Denied To Son With Autism
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota mom says she’s suing two major insurance companies for not providing her son with the care he needs. Tracy Reid says her 7-year-old son, Max, has autism, and that...
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HealthPartners To Open $36 Million Mental Health Center
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – One in five Minnesotans experiences mental illness directly, and now there’s a facility that will provide state of the art care in the Twin Cities. HealthPartners is opening a new...
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Good Question: What Are The Most Popular Diets?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s early January, which means two things: the gyms are packed, and the pre-washed salad shelves are running empty at grocery stores. Making a resolution to lose weight and eat...
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Doctor: Flu Spreads When Sick People Go To Work
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Doctors say you’re contagious with the influenza virus either seven days after the onset of your symptoms or 24 hours after your fever breaks. During this time, you should keep...
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Vonn’s Injury An Example Of Women’s Increased Risk Of ACL Issues
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – On Tuesday, Minnesota native and Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn took a terrifying spill in the Alpine World Championships in Austria, tearing two knee ligaments. She’ll need...
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U Of M Research ‘Identifies’ A Cause Of Breast Cancer
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they’ve made a breakthrough when it comes to what causes many cases of breast cancer. They say they’ve discovered the enzyme that...
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Taking Your Own Blood Pressure May Help Control It
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – How’s your blood pressure? A new study finds that monitoring your own blood pressure at home might help get it under control. HealthPartners conducted the study with 450 patients....
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Minn. Insurance Companies Oppose Obama’s Extension
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s largest private insurance companies are opposing President Barack Obama’s plan to let people keep existing insurance for at least a year under his health care law....
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HealthPartners Alerts Customers Of 2008 Privacy Breach
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – HealthPartners is alerting some of its customers about a privacy breach that happened back in 2008. According to HealthPartners officials, information of some customers was...
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Early Snapshot Of 2015 MNsure Premiums Coming Up
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The state Commerce Department is preparing to release an early snapshot of 2015 premium rates for policies that will be sold on Minnesota’s health insurance exchange, MNsure. The...
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MNsure: Expect An Average Hike Of 4.5 Percent In 2015
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The cost of getting health insurance through MNsure next year is going up — but it will still be among the lowest in the country. Minnesotans who get insurance through the state’s...
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Renewal Costs May Surprise MNsure Customers
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans who bought policies on the state’s health insurance exchange are starting to get their first renewal notices, and many could be in for a jolt. Premiums for most of the...
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HealthPartners Will Be Neuroscience Center
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — HealthPartners is planning to build a neuroscience center in St. Paul. The health care organization says it will be constructed near Regions Hospital and will be the largest...
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