Social Issues

Plaintiffs want UnitedHealth to review denied mental health claims
The attorneys who sued UnitedHealth Group for too aggressively denying coverage for behavioral health care want the judge who sided with them to force the company to reprocess denied claims under less restrictive coverage guidelines.
Changing how you think helps the transition from prisoner back to citizen
Reentry programs work like a bridge between the world of corrections and the world of social services. Here's what one of those programs is doing to help folks stay out for good.
Lawmakers try to dislodge opioid response bill
Lawmakers generally agree on a plan but are negotiating over who will pay and for how long to respond to the addiction epidemic which has claimed hundreds of lives in Minnesota.
Breaking the cycle of disinvestment in lower-income communities
It's not uncommon for people who want to start businesses in lower-income neighborhoods to have trouble getting bank loans. But increasingly, there are investors looking specifically to help businesses in those areas.
Teachers begin to see unfair student loans disappear
The Department of Education is expanding a fix to its troubled TEACH Grant program, giving millions of dollars of grant money back to public school teachers working in the country's neediest schools.
The fight over abortion rights in the United States
Forty-one states have tried to pass abortion restrictions this year, about half of them successfully. Guest host Tiffany Hanssen filled in for host Kerri Miller.