Nearly 4 Million Seriously Mentally Ill Still Without Insurance

Nearly 4 Million Seriously Mentally Ill Still Without Insurance
Community–based mental health facilities, like the Riverwood Centers in Minnesota that that helped Bruce Echelberry, above, through depression, are facing public funding cuts and closures. Some low-income patients still needing mental health care will …
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Drugstores Play Doctor: Physicals, Flu Diagnosis, and More
"We're going to get you started on Tamiflu," a prescription drug used to treat influenza. Ms. Hart said she made the flu diagnosis without doing a nasal swab based on Mr. Ostanek's … Using claims data from enrollees in a large Minnesota health plan …
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States look to naloxone to cure America's overdose epidemic
In the case of opioid drugs like heroin and many prescription painkillers (Vicodin, Percocet and OxyContin to name a few), taking too much will cause your body basically to forget to breathe. That's because … In this model, a physician could write a …
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Medicare Advantage payments won't be cut next year
Congress is poised to give doctors who treat Medicare patients an 11th hour reprieve from a cut in their government fees. Monday's Senate vote would … Senate Democrats, including Al Franken of Minnesota and Chuck Schumer of New York, joined House …
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