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Promoting Patient-Centered Care / Supporting Our Hometown Heroes / Healing Our Herd
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28:51Now PlayingMinnesota started teaming up with managed care organizations (MCOs) and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) decades ago with a goal to help cut costs and make state health plans work better. Now, Senator John Marty, DFLRoseville, says the system has proven itself to be inefficient and damaging for patients. This session, he introduced Senate File 3612, which would remove insurance companies from statesponsored healthcare programs and instead have counties and other local government agencies work with and pay healthcare providers directly. Senator Marty says this would remove barriers to care, create better outcomes for medical providers and patients, and also help the state's budget. FULL INTERVIEWPatientCentered Care | Senator John Marty
Minnesota's Hometown Heroes Assistance Program is the best in the nation when it comes to supporting firefighters and their health. The bill that created the program received unanimous support in not only the Senate but the House as well. Retired fire service member Senator Jeff Howe, RRockville, was the driving force behind the bill, and he shares not only its many other successes, but also what he hopes is next for the program. FULL INTERVIEWSupporting Our Hometown Heroes | Senator Jeff Howe
For some first responders, what happens in the field doesn't always stay there. Sometimes, the trauma of what they experience at work follows them home, impacting their mental health. But here in Minnesota, thanks to a bill authored by Senator Eric Pratt, R-Prior Lake, these first responders have a way to process that impact that's a little outside of the box - because it takes place in a barn. First responders can connect with themselves, clinicians, and yes, even horses, through equine-assisted therapy provided by Abijah's on the Backside.
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