• Share Your Allina Story

    Faribault's hospital is at risk of being bought. Allina Health has agreed to be taken over by Sutter Health, a much larger corporation based in California. If it goes through, Faribault's hospital will answer to executives in Sacramento. Research on hospital mergers finds they often raise prices and thin out local services. Sutter Health has paid hundreds of millions of dollars to settle claims that it used its market power to drive up the cost of care. The Minnesota Attorney General is deciding whether to let this deal proceed or to challenge it in court. What he decides depends on what our community puts on the record. We need to provide that public record. Take a few minutes to tell us what this hospital means to you and what you stand to lose. Every field is optional. Share what applies to you and what you are comfortable sharing.

  • About you

  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • What is your relationship to Allina? (Select all that apply)

  • Where you receive care or work

  • Your experience

  • What worries you most about this deal? (check all that apply)
  • When hospitals get bought by large out-of-state systems, local services are often cut or moved to bigger cities.
  • Which of these would you worry about if the merger goes through? (Check all that apply)

  • Access and alternatives

  • Do you ever avoid appointments because you can't take time off work?
  • Do you ever avoid appointments due to lack of childcare?
  • Do you ever avoid appointments due to lack of transportation?
  • For the care you or your family receive at Allina in Faribault or Northfield, is there another provider nearby you could realistically switch to?
  • Across Rice County and greater Minnesota, local health care has been thinning out as hospitals merge into larger systems. Services close or move to the cities, and what remains gets harder to reach.
  • Have you seen any of these in recent years? (check all that apply)
  • Do you expect a California owner to reverse these trends, or add to them?

  • Have you ever had difficult experiences with billing through Allina?

  • Have you already experienced any of these with Allina? (check all that apply)

  • Coverage

  • If you work at Allina, what are your concerns? (check all that apply)
  • Did your coverage affect the care or the billing you received?

  • If you work at Allina

  • Where should decisions about Faribault's hospital be made?

  • Community stake

  • District One Hospital was built by and for this community. This deal would move ownership and final decisions out of state.

  • Your permissions

  • May we share your story with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office as part of the public record?*

  • Sign Up to Speak on July 29

    The Attorney General has scheduled a public comment forum to receive community stories. My intention with this form is to collect stories from neighbors who may be unable to attend or are uncomfortable providing their information to the Attorney General. If you are comfortable, and would rather speak directly to the Attorney General rather than fill out this form, please sign up to attend and speak: https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Health-Care/Transactions/ProposedMergers.asp?fbclid=IwY2xjawTNsrhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFEbHNMcmVpb1pyeFVQeEVBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvgonIh9or3-U9nKvQ7yAvHnTgv-cAPYEe_PejgzFct_7k5B-GEVUm-N1TXC_aem_aaSInsWWyggDl0yFEHY6lQ
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