Minnesota Health News

I'm for a nothing-fancy public option plan as part of the health care reform bill that could clear Congress yet this year. For years, UNH -- one of the nation's largest insurance underwriters and an aggressive industry consolidator -- has...

I check in regularly with my auto insurance guys and this last time i was informed about their credit rating bonus system where it just so happened i was getting a deduction on my insurance rates.I later found out that...

Dr. Larry Ebbert likes to say that he just happened to be changing planes in Minneapolis when he dropped dead in June. That is why he lived to tell the tale. "I guess I'm one of the luckier people on...

Can preventive health measures not only improve the well-being of Americans, but also reduce the cost of health care? President Barack Obama wants insurance companies to cover routine checkups and screening tests such as mammograms and colonoscopies. "That makes sense,...

But even among children who were within the normal weight range, those who were relatively tall were more likely to be overweight by young adulthood. It's well known that overweight children often become overweight adults. However, the new findings, published...

Look who's at the health care negotiating table — Tom Daschle. The former Senate Democratic leader's nomination as health and human services secretary was derailed over a back taxes flap earlier this year. But that's not stopping Daschle, a close...