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KARE 11 Investigates: Minnesotans at risk for surprise emergency ambulance bills
NORTH BRANCH, Minn. — At 4 a.m., Paul Heggestad dialed 911 from his North Branch home as his wife, Mary Snow, screamed in pain on the living room floor. Doctors would later determine Mary had a serious blood infection, and her body was shutting down. The ambulance crew rushed her to the hospital — and the couple assumed their insurance would handle the cost.
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KARE 11 Investigates: Minnesotans at risk for surprise emergency ambulance bills
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Hundreds of nurses authorize strike with Sanford-North Memorial merger talks underway
ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (KFGO) – About 600 nurses at Maple Grove Hospital in the northwest Twin Cities are set to go on strike. A vote to authorize an unfair labor practice strike follows more than a year of contract negotiations. A strike authorization gives the bargaining team the power to call a strike at the end of a cooling-off period.
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KARE 11 Investigates: Patient says pain clinics pushed controversial implant despite high-risk diagnosis
LAKEVILLE, Minn. — A Lakeville pain patient says multiple Twin Cities pain clinics pressured her to get a spinal cord stimulator implanted despite a neurosurgeon's warning that the device could cause paralysis. Cammie Lavalle, who has lived with severe chronic pain for years, was evaluated for a spinal cord...