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A Losing Battle?

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

State Sen. Alan Bates says he is working to increase the amount of funding given to mental health and drug treatment programs by as much as 18.4 percent as this year's legislative session winds down, but as of press time lawmakers had yet to approve a …
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Ground Troops in Gaza

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

A hunger strike by Israeli cancer patients was called off after the government agreed to boost state-funded treatment. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ordered some $ 75 million added to the 2006 "health basket" of medications covered by the state.
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If this was a pill, you'd do anything to get it

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

Still, for those who want to see the health-care system move towards a new model that emphasizes the management of chronic illnesses rather the treatment of acute illnesses, HQP's reprieve is a big deal. The following article explains why …
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Residential drug treatment center coming to Mohave County

Filed under: state funded drug rehab

"Using the state average utilization rate for residential treatment, at least 137 Mohave County residents are estimated to have needed publicly funded residential treatment in 2008. Due to the lack of availability of residential beds, approximately 60 …
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