Items Tagged ‘government proposal’
April 22, 2013
Rochester officials want local DMC match scaled back
Rochester officials are urging lawmakers to scale back the $128 million local match for Mayo Clinic’s Destination Medical Center initiative. A House plan unveiled earlier this week more than doubled the amount of money the city of Rochester and Olmsted County will need to chip in toward Mayo’s expansion plan. Rochester City Council interim President […]
Tags: destination medical center, DMC, funding, government proposal, karl oestreich, Minnesota Legislature, Post Bulletin, Randy Staver, Rochester City Council
April 18, 2013
Revamped Mayo deal appears set
It was hardly a secret that the Mayo Clinic’s plan to create a “destination medical center” in Rochester was never going to make it through the House Taxes Committee as originally conceived. ..“Everyone wanted to vote for it when it was free, because that’s how it was being pitched to people,” Lenczewski said. “If you believe […]
Tags: destination medical center, DMC, Finance & Commerce, government proposal, House Taxes Committee, Minnesota Legislature, Rep. Ann Lenczewski, state cost, state tax
April 12, 2013
Mayo CEO’s Comments Draw Minn. Lawmaker Criticism; Other Marketplace News
Comments from the Mayo Clinic’s CEO that the organization’s proposed expansion in Minnesota could happen elsewhere are drawing criticism from Minnesota lawmakers. MPR News: Lawmakers Irked By Mayo Clinic CEO’s Comments Members of the state House Tax Committee had some sharp words Wednesday for Mayo Clinic. The criticism came in a committee hearing a day […]
Tags: Dr. John Noseworthy, government proposal, Kaiser Health News, state subsidy
June 19, 2012
FDA Proposal Gives Pharmacists Too Much Power, Doctors Argue
Physicians are concerned regarding a recent government proposal to create a new class of drugs that would fall somewhere between those that need a doctor’s prescription, and those that can be bought over the counter… In an AMA committee meeting yesterday, Dr. Robert Orford, an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, […]
Tags: Dr. Robert Orford, government proposal, MyHealthNewsDaily, prescription drug