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Article: HealthPartners Releases Public Policy Platform on Health Care Reform; Platform Calls for Universal Coverage.
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- February 6, 2004
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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthPartners today released its public policy platform outlining principles aimed at reforming Minnesota's health care system. The principles include providing universal health care coverage in Minnesota, reforming health care financing to reward improved health outcomes rather than volume of procedures and giving consumers access to health plan comparisons on cost and quality of care.
"These principles are based on three groundbreaking reports from the Institute of Medicine," said Mary Brainerd, HealthPartners CEO and President. "The reports challenged health care organizations to transform health care delivery to ...