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Doctors at Allina Health Form Union

The physicians, at Allina Health in Minnesota and Wisconsin, appear to be the largest group of unionized doctors in the private sector.

By Noam Scheiber

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Tripped Up: A Traveler Says Her Insurance Wouldn’t Pay Up

Badly hurt, a 68-year-old solo traveler expected her insurer to coordinate her care, provide much-needed translation services and then return her home to Florida. Was she expecting too much?

By Seth Kugel

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Nonprofit Health System Says It Is Ending Policy That Denied Care to Indebted Patients

Allina Health, a large Midwestern system of hospitals and clinics, says it has decided to stop cutting off medical care to patients with unpaid medical bills of $4,500 or more.

By Sarah Kliff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg

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Profiting From Risky Atherectomies That Can Lead to Amputations

Medical device makers have bankrolled a cottage industry of doctors and clinics that perform artery-clearing procedures that can lead to amputations.

By Katie Thomas Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff