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Minnesota to Allow Chronic Pain Patients to Use Medical Marijuana
Dec 21 2015 // Minnesota health officials say they will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August. Minnesota will be the 19th state where medical marijuana is legal to extend the drug to people with...
70% of MNsure Private Plan Shoppers Get Credits
Dec 10 2015 // Seventy percent of private insurance buyers this fall on Minnesota’s health insurance exchange have qualified for premium-based tax credits, a figure officials released on Dec. 9 as they brace for a rush of...
Risk Strategies Acquires Minnesota-Based Re-Solutions Intermediaries
Dec 7 2015 // Risk Strategies Co., a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Re-Solutions Intermediaries LLC, a reinsurance specialist focused on assisting healthcare organizations around the...
Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Dec 7 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance. Rothman said the anti-consumer...
Number of Traffic Deaths in Minnesota Up from Last Year
Dec 4 2015 // Traffic deaths in Minnesota in 2015 have surpassed last year’s totals. With a month left to go in the year, preliminary numbers from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety show 365...
Minnesota to Allow Chronic Pain Patients to Use Medical Marijuana
Dec 3 2015 // Minnesota health officials will allow residents with chronic pain to buy medical marijuana starting in August, they announced on Dec. 2 in a long-awaited decision that could expand enrollment in the state’s...
Wisconsin Contractor Cited 4 Times in 3 Years for Safety Violations
Nov 30 2015 // For the fourth time in three years, a Bloomer, Wis., roofing contractor was found ignoring workplace safety laws, federal and state safety officials say. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said...
Minnesota Officials Seek to Reduce Tractor Rollovers, Farm Deaths
Nov 24 2015 // Minnesota officials are targeting tractor rollovers as a way to improve safety on the farm. Key legislators and representatives of three state agencies met for the first time last week to gather information on how other...
MNsure Selects O’Toole to Head Minnesota Insurance Exchange
Nov 20 2015 // MNsure has tapped its interim leader to run the health insurance exchange permanently even though she didn’t apply for the job. The health insurance exchange’s board selected Allison O’Toole to remain at...
Iowa Hospital, Minnesota Insurer Form Insurance Company
Nov 19 2015 // Des Moines, Iowa-based hospital and medical clinic company UnityPoint Health is getting into the health insurance business. The company said it has partnered with Bloomington, Minn., health care provider and insurer...
Minnesota Bars Use of Price Optimization in Insurance Rates
Nov 17 2015 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman has ordered insurers doing business in Minnesota to stop the practice of price optimization in setting rates for auto and homeowners insurance. Rothman said the anti-consumer...
Nyquist Named Sole Finalist for Minnesota Health Exchange Post
Nov 6 2015 // Minnesota’s health exchange has named an experienced former insurance executive as the sole finalist to take over as the fourth CEO of the embattled, three-year-old organization. MNsure board members publicly...
Minnesota Jury Awards Mechanic $9.1M in Medical Malpractice Suit
Oct 19 2015 // A Minnesota jury has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic who sued his anesthesiologists after suffering spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery. Joseph Lakoskey’s attorney argued that an...
Improved Safety Goal of Minnesota Truck Dealer with Truck-Swap
Oct 16 2015 // Ask truck drivers about the most important aspect of their job and chances are you will get the same answer: safety. Last year, about 78,000 total crashes were reported to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Of...
Insurers Pulling Policies Out of Exchange a Problem for MNsure
Oct 11 2015 // Minnesota insurers have routed thousands of customers away from MNsure, a financial boon for the companies but one that creates enrollment and revenue headaches for an exchange already confronting concerns about long-term...
Minnesota DOT: Farm Vehicle Crashes Rise During Harvest Time
Sep 23 2015 // Safety officials in Minnesota are urging motorists to safely share the road with farm equipment as the harvest gears up. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says drivers need to watch out for slow-moving farm...
Minnesota Science Museum Ends Suit over Leaky Building
Sep 8 2015 // The Science Museum of Minnesota has conceded defeat in its legal fight with a design firm over persistent and costly water damage to the $100 million building that is one of the state’s top tourist...
Company in Minnesota Vikings Stadium Fatality Had Safety Citations
Aug 28 2015 // The subcontractor involved in a fatal accident at the Minnesota Vikings stadium construction site has received nine citations for worksite safety violations in the past five years, according to public records. A Berwald...
Minnesota Speeding Crackdown Results in Over 16,000 Citations
Aug 6 2015 // A concentrated law enforcement effort against speeding on Minnesota roadways has yielded more than 16,000 citations. The Department of Public Safety says more than 300 law enforcement agencies participated in the crackdown...
Dozens of Minnesota Rail Bridges Found to Be Structurally Deficient
Jul 24 2015 // About one in five railroad bridges that pass over Minnesota roadways are structurally deficient, according to state and local inspections last year. Railroad bridges are in worse condition than road bridges, with just over...
