Barriers Remain Despite Health Law's Push to Expand Access to Substance …
Barriers Remain Despite Health Law's Push To Expand Access To Substance …
One significant barrier to access is that drug treatment centers with more than 16 beds can't bill Medicaid for residential services provided to low-income adults. The restriction is due to a decades-old federal law designed to prevent Medicaid… Continue reading
See Nashville's Million-Dollar Medicare Doctors
See Nashville's million-dollar Medicare doctors
Eye doctors are the top-paid Medicare physicians in Tennessee, according to a first-time government disclosure of payments to doctors — data that renew scrutiny of an expensive treatment for vision loss in older Americans. The seven doctors in the …
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Letter: Since Alcohol Is Legal, Marijuana Should Be Legalized
Letter: Since alcohol is legal, marijuana should be legalized
The problem I see is that marijuana is proven to be a great stress and pain reliever, used medicinally for cancer patients, and has no death-related records, but it's not fully legalized in Massachusetts. However, alcohol is known to cause aggression… Continue reading
Country Stars Coming to Oklahoma City in June for OKCFEST 2014 – NewsOK.com
Country stars coming to Oklahoma City in June for OKCFEST 2014 – NewsOK.com
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Country stars coming to Oklahoma City in June for OKCFEST 2014 NewsOK.com Country music stars Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley and Merle Haggard will headline OKCFEST 2014, a new summer music festival dreamt up by Oklahoma City Mayor… Continue reading |
Judge: California Mistreating Mentally Ill Inmates
Judge: California mistreating mentally ill inmates
(AP) – A federal judge ruled Thursday that California's treatment of mentally ill inmates violates constitutional safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment through excessive use of pepper spray and isolation. U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence …
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WNC Mom Joins Marijuana Fight
WNC mom joins marijuana fight
Over the years, Jacqueline, who is now 12, has taken anti-seizure medication and Valium. Shelton also turned to … But the treatment is marijuana-based, and the Sheltons say they would have to become refugees from their home in Western North Carolina …
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