What Is Patient Advocacy? Why It Matters | Aslan Health

What Is Patient Advocacy—and Why Does It Matter? Healthcare can be confusing. Between insurance rules, referrals, prescription costs, specialist appointments, and medical jargon, many people feel overwhelmed. It is easy to wonder, “Who is really looking out for me?” At Aslan Health, we believe the answer should be simple: your healthcare team should be your advocate. Patient advocacy is more … Read More

When Insurance Isn’t Affordable: Why Access to Care Still Matters | Aslan Health

When Insurance Isn’t Affordable: Why Access to Care Still Matters For many Americans, having health insurance is often viewed as the solution to healthcare access. Yet for millions of individuals and families, the reality is far more complicated. Across the country, people are making difficult choices when healthcare costs exceed what their household budgets can support. Some have insurance available … Read More

Minnesota Medicaid and SNAP Changes: What Families Need to Know in 2026

What Medicaid and SNAP Changes Could Mean for Minnesota Families Recent updates from Stearns County Human Services highlight concerns about upcoming changes to Medicaid and SNAP that may affect thousands of Minnesotans. County leaders expect increased paperwork, more frequent eligibility reviews, and additional work requirements that could make it harder for some individuals and families to maintain healthcare and food … Read More

Rising Healthcare Costs Highlight the Need for Affordable Primary Care | Aslan Health

Rising Healthcare Costs and the Growing Need for Accessible Primary Care Healthcare costs continue to rise across the United States. Patients feel it through higher deductibles, larger out-of-pocket expenses, and increasing uncertainty about what medical care will cost when they need it. At the same time, healthcare providers face mounting pressures from staffing shortages, administrative complexity, rising supply costs, and … Read More

What Makes Community Healthcare Sustainable? | Rising Costs, Access, and the Future of Care

What Makes Community Healthcare Sustainable? Across the country, conversations about healthcare are changing. Hospitals are reporting financial strain, clinics are closing, insurance premiums continue to rise, and many families are struggling to afford even basic medical care. At the same time, the cost of everyday life — food, fuel, housing, childcare, and transportation — continues to climb. For many people, … Read More

What Happens When Communities Support Healthcare? | Aslan Health St. Cloud

What Happens When a Community Decides Healthcare Matters? Recently, there has been renewed discussion in Minnesota about hospital charity care, nonprofit tax status, and what communities should reasonably expect from healthcare systems that receive public support. That conversation reminded me of the book The People’s Hospital, which tells the story of Ben Taub Hospital and the larger Harris Health System … Read More

High-Quality Affordable Healthcare | Why Aslan Health Is Not a “Free Clinic”

High-Quality Healthcare—Not “Poverty Medicine” When people hear that a clinic offers affordable or charitable care, they often make an assumption: “This must be a free clinic… basic care… limited services… not the same as what I’d get elsewhere.” We understand where that perception comes from. But at Aslan Health, that is not who we are. We are not building a … Read More

When $75 Makes the Difference: Rethinking Access to Healthcare

When $75 Makes the Difference: Rethinking Access to Healthcare For many people, healthcare doesn’t feel accessible—it feels like a risk. Not because they don’t value their health. Not because they don’t want care.But because they don’t know what it will cost. So they wait. They ignore symptoms.They hope things get better on their own.They delay care until something small becomes … Read More