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Date: September 19, 2001
Video Coverage: Health care cost on the rise
About the Program:
Capitol Report host, Jannell Trobec, discusses rising health care costs with Michael Scandrett of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, and State Representative Fran Bradley, Chair of the House Health and Human Services Policy Committee. Why are health care premiums increasing for the third year in a row? What is driving up the costs of health care and what can be done about it? Tune in and find out.

Also included is a short video on Senator Janet Johnson, DFL-North Branch, who served in the Minnesota Senate from 1990-1999. She was considered a visionary by her colleagues and a leader on environmental issues. Get a glimpse into the personal and political life of State Senator Janet Johnson who died of cancer in 1999 at the age of 59.