Hospital CEOs meet union skepticism over out-of-state acquisition of Allina Health

By: Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: July 15, 2026

Words: 1,096

Last Updated: 6 days, 17 hours ago

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In what could be a portentous signal for the fate of a healthcare mega merger, skeptics from labor unions filled a St. Paul church this week to voice concerns — sometimes raucously so — about the proposed joining of two big nonprofit health systems: Allina Health and Sutter Health.

The Office of the Minnesota Attorney General held the first public forum this week on the proposed acquisition of the Upper Midwest’s health giant Allina by …

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