'Hot Topics' & County News

Health Care Reform

• Counties Contracting with Health Plans: Issues to Consider Presentation from AMC Board Meeting October 2008

• Health Care Reform Letter from DHS Commissioner Cal Ludeman and MDH Commissioner Dr. Sanne Magnan August 2008

• AMC Health Care Reform Task Force FINAL REPORT& RECOMMENDATIONS July 2008

• Health Care Transformation Task Force FINAL REPORT January 2008

• 2008 Health Care Reform Summary

• Legislative Commission on Health Care Access (HCAC) FINAL REPORT February 2008

• Transformative Health Care Reform in Minnesota:
  An overview of health reform from the 2008 Legislative session June 2008

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Archived Reports & Articles of General Interest:

• Minnesota County Finances - 2005 Revenues, Expenditures, and Debt & 2006 and 2007 Summary Budgets

• Flood Information & Resources
  from University of Minnesota Extension

• Updated Statewide Parcel Map Inventory Online September 2007

• Local Government Benefits from Air Photos July 2006

• HR Doctor: Aging Whines and Aging Workers (NACo County News)

• Letter to the Editor: Governments can cooperate on solutions (Commissioner Paul Wilson, Olmsted County) 2.11.06

• "Onsite Efficiency in the Land of Lakes"
  By Peter Hildebrandt

• "New GASB Accounting Standards for OPEB: Finding the bottom line"
  By Chris Grabrian, Actuarial Consultant, Stanton Group

• Prevention Minnesota: Blue Cross Blue Shield community health improvement initiative

• "We Need a New Jail: Now What?"
  By Joel Dunning, Roger Schroepfer, and Dan Kritta, Wold Architects and Engineers

• "Five Mega-trends Redefining the Future of County Government" By Carl Neu

• Statewide Parcel Map Inventory Update 2.05

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