Home budget writers in Georgia want to roll $100 million into the state employee health plan to lessen the sting of health insurance premium hikes for public school districts. The House Appropriations Committee included that change on Wednesday as it voted to pass House Bill 18. Change the state budget, which ends on June 30. …
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Free healthcare in Houston leads to free education plus a job A group of clinics in Houston not only offer free treatment to teenagers and young adults, but also send them to school for free and then offer them professional work. It’s a program at Baylor College of Medicine. HOUSTON – A group of clinics …
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WASHINGTON A strike at two New York City hospitals that saw more than 7,000 professionals walk off the job last week drew direct attention to the shortcomings of the US health care system. While inflated healthcare costs and unequal access have dominated the news cycle in the past, last week’s standoff between healthcare workers and …
item Using cell phone in neon lights. via Getty Images When Jamieson Brill answers an emergency call from a Spanish speaker on the newly launched 988 National Mental Health Helpline, he rarely mentions the word suicide or “suicide” Brill, whose family hails from Puerto Rico, knows that just discussing the term in some Spanish-speaking cultures …
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State healthcare leaders working the Opioid Recovery Network Kailey Tracy reports it ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Every 14 hours, someone died of an accidental drug overdose in Pinellas County last year, according to Dr. Ulyee Choe, director of the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County. Choe said overdose deaths have increased 46% in Pinellas …
item NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the NYPD, FDNY and other city agencies will begin forcing homeless people who are determined to be suffering a “mental health crisis” off the streets and subway system. They will be taken to the hospital for an evaluation even if they refuse to go …
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WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – The United States will maintain the state of public health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing millions of Americans to still receive free tests, vaccines and treatments, two administration officials said Friday. Biden. The possibility of a winter surge in COVID cases and the need for more time to move …
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The Scott County case highlights the lack of care for the mentally ill in the criminal justice system A court case in Scott County is putting the spotlight on the issue of mental illness and treatment options for those deemed too sick for the criminal justice system. SCOTT COUNTY, Minnesota (FOX 9) – A court …
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 25 (Reuters) – US Senate candidate John Fetterman faces his biggest political test since Tuesday’s May stroke, when he discusses Republican rival Mehmet Oz in a Pennsylvania run that will help determine whether Democrats will keep their slim majority in the House. Fetterman, the 53-year-old lieutenant governor of the state, has seen Oz, …
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item FILE – Two women talk on a park bench on September 27, 2020, in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Andrew Chin / Getty Images) Newly published research on keeping the human brain sharp emphasizes the old adage “use it or lose it”. A research paper, published last month in the journal Brain Sciences by scientists …
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