Readers and Tweeters Decry Medical Billing Errors, Price-Gouging, and Barriers to Benefits
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Month: November 2022
Trickle of Covid Relief Funds Helps Fill Gaps in Rural Kids’ Mental Health Services
Posted onOnly a sliver of the funding given to state, local, and tribal governments through the American Rescue Plan Act has been steered to mental health nationwide, but mental health advocates and clinicians hope the money it provides will help address gaps in care for children. In Appalachian Ohio, the funding is helping expand services.
Fentanilo en la escuela secundaria: una comunidad de Texas se enfrenta al mortal opioide
Posted onDesde julio, cuatro estudiantes del Distrito Escolar Independiente Consolidado de Hays, al sur de Austin, han muerto por sobredosis de fentanilo.
The Player-Coaches of Addiction Recovery Work Without Boundaries
Posted onStates, tribes, and local governments are figuring out how best to spend billions of dollars from an opioid lawsuit settlement. One option they’re considering is funding peer support specialists, who guide people recovering from addiction as they do it themselves.
Fentanyl in High School: A Texas Community Grapples With the Reach of the Deadly Opioid
Posted onThe first fentanyl-related deaths of students in an area south of Austin, Texas, were reported over the summer. The school district, parents, and students are trying to deal with the aftermath.
Ad Goes Too Far With Claim That Joe Biden Promotes Surgery for Trans Teens
Posted onEven some medical experts who are skeptical of gender-affirming care say the White House is not promoting breast removal and genital surgery for teens. But that’s not what an ad, funded by a group led by a former adviser to President Donald Trump, would have you believe.