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National Health Insurance: What Would It Mean for People With Disabilities?

In the first three parts of this series Access Press has looked at the “Proposal of the Physicians’ Working Group […]

In the April 2004 issue of Access Press I summarized a plan for a universal, single-payer health care system as […]

The United States spends more than 14 percent of its gross national product on healthcare, more than any other in […]

There’s a new library coming to Minneapolis. The Central Library will be home to a collection of 2.5 million items—the […]

Since going on the air in October of 1993 on Twin Cities community radio station KFAI, the show Disabled and […]

It would be an understatement to say that this past year has been a historic one at Access Press. Founder, […]

In an attempt to address Minnesota’s labor shortage, the State Legislature is considering several bills that would reorganize some key […]

Just one week before he died, Access Press founder, editor, and publisher Charlie Smith asked Tim Benjamin to take over […]

As this issue of Access Press goes to the printer, the Minnesota State Legislature is nearing final decisions on many […]

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced on March 23rd that they will allow all Minnesota counties to offer […]

Disability advocates in Minnesota are organizing on many fronts to respond to Governor Ventura’s budget proposals for the 2002-2003 biennium. […]

There is much misunderstanding in the United States about the health care system in Canada. This article will briefly describe […]

Since the defeat of President Clinton’s health care initiative in 1994, the subject of universal health care has virtually disappeared […]

Minnesota has a long history of managed health care. Some people refer to Minnesota as the “birthplace of managed care.” […]

In a major speech on May 15th Presidential candidate George W. Bush proposed a radical change in the Social Security […]