Pulse

Briefs

Clinics fear GAMC end, visits up at free clinics, respite for the homeless.

Net Work

Minnesota's two largest safety-net hospitals are waging an online campaign to save GAMC.

Rural Delivery

A new fellowship prepares family physicians to do much-needed obstetrics work in rural communities.

Caring Collaborative

How residents of one Minnesota county joined forces to provide free medical services.

End Notes

Forgiveness Denied, Healing Delayed

By Harrison H. Farley, M.D.
Table of Contents | February 2010

Cover Story

Community Service

Although they've quietly served the poor for decades, community clinics are emerging as the health care model to emulate.

By Kate Ledger


Commentary

Fix the Bill: A Call for Future Bipartisan Health Care Reform

Five ideas for improving the health care reform legislation.

By Stephen T. Parente, Ph.D.
 

A Question of Value

Reform hinges on whether the health care community can define and measure value.

By Dave Durenberger
 

A Net Worth Saving

Minnesota's health care safety net is needed now more than ever.

By Michael Scandrett, J.D.



Clinical and Health Affairs

The Insurance Safety Net: Minnesota's Public and Private Programs

By Janet Silversmith
 

2009 American College of Physicians Poster Competition Winners 

 

The Addicted Physician: A Rational Response to an Irrational Disease

By Marvin D. Seppala, M.D., and Keith H. Berge, M.D.



Special Report

Eating an Elephant

A sampling of the plateful of proposals in the Senate health care reform bill.

By Charles R. Meyer, M.D.



Editor's Note

We All Need a Net



MMA Viewpoint

Weighing Reform



MMA News

MMA Sets Legislative Priorities
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Federal Dollars May Help Save GAMC


Letters


Tracking Reform

 


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