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February 18, 2009

News: Plans to privatize clinics controversial
The Washington Post reports that six clinics in the district are to be privatized by March 2010 at a savings of $14 million. The District of Columbia has already transferred about 8,000 patients into private care. Cost-savings aside, some clients worry about disrupting relationships with their doctors. Florida and North Carolina have turned to private service providers and the results have been mixed....
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January 27, 2009

News: Local mental health programs cut
Services are being curtailed for severally ill children and adults while states slash budgets. Programs slated for downsizing or closing have been reported in: A one-of-a-kind 8-bed program serving about 600 people a year closed in Boise, Idaho . For local residents needing a couple of nights of shelter, the Franklin House helped them avoid using an emergency room and/or hospitalization.The Franklin House budget ran $325,000 but observers guess ER services will cost more. Eleven of 21 clinics in rural...
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January 22, 2009

News: Medicaid enrollments skyrocket
With the numbers of unemployed growing daily, and more people losing employer-based insurance, states are being hit with double-digit enrollment in Medicaid reports the New York Times. Last year, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that for every 1 percent increase in unemployment, the ranks of the uninsured grew by 1.1 percent. Of the 59 million people who receive Medicaid, about 8.3 million are disabled....
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December 8, 2008

Did You Know: America spends one-sixth of the economy ($2 trillion) on health care.
Read more from America's Health Rankings....
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October 16, 2008

News: Slowdown accelerates need for reform
Sen. Max Baucus The Kaiser Family Health Blog reports that Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) does not want to slow health reform: While some suggest that the current economic situation might thwart efforts to overhaul America's health care system, I believe the state of the U.S. economy makes the need for health care reform even more urgent....
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