Another year, another survey list of sorts for Minnesota. This one, commissioned by a public watchdog group, finds the state near the bottom of said list, albeit for a thankfully different reason. For the second year in a row, the state which usually finds itself near the top of the nation’s healthiest lists, ranks dead last when it comes to the number (per 1000) of physicians disciplined within the past 12 months. There appears to be a correlation here: extremely healthy state = awesomely talented doctors. Well, at least the state’s medical board thinks so. 

Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, said Minnesota legislators should pressure the board to crack down on dangerous doctors. “In some cases, they need to be taken out of practice,” he said.

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