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- 1Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Prison Healthcare System's Fate●US Supreme Court receives arguments about fate of prison healthcare system
The US Supreme Court has heard arguments concerning the future of a prison healthcare system, a case that could determine how medical care for incarcerated people is run and funded. Reports from the proceedings focus on what the ruling may mean for prison conditions and inmates' constitutional right to adequate medical treatment.
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Unionized doctors have reached an agreement with Allina Health, ending a strike at the Minnesota-based health system. The deal resolves the labor dispute that had taken physicians off the job, though details of the settlement, including terms on pay, staffing and working conditions, have not been laid out in initial reports. The agreement marks a resolution to one of the more unusual labor actions in US healthcare, involving doctors rather than nurses or support staff.