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Month: June 2022

Woman makes history as first Indigenous woman to win Miss Minnesota crown, with ambitious goals to make an impact

By Marielle Mohs Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — History was made with the newly crowned Miss Minnesota on Friday in Eden Prairie, as 25-year-old Rachel Evangelisto was the first Indigenous woman to win the crown. Evangelisto describes the moments before she found out she won. “I was standing there shaking,

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Supreme Court backs HHS approach to Medicare payments for hospitals serving low-income patients

By Tierney Sneed, Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby, CNN The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the approach taken by the Department of Health and Human Services in calculating certain Medicare payments for hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients. The legal challenge targeted HHS’ interpretation of the formula used to calculate Medicare’s

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