MPR: Minneapolis doctor gives artists a health care option

[SomeGuyInEagan]

"Minneapolis doctor gives artists a health care option

Minneapolis — An artist-friendly physician in Northeast Minneapolis has opened a practice that's getting praised for addressing a gap in the health care system.

A survey co-commissioned by St. Paul-based Springboard for the Arts found that Minnesota artists are twice as likely as the general public to be uninsured."

entire story (text and audio versions) at:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/09/23/artist-doctor-sam/

[glinda]

1. Wow. When I lived there for most of my life, that would have been handy.

As an artist, I had no health insurance until I married my husband in 94.