Medicaid Expansion a 'no-brainer': Hike in GDP and New Jobs by 2015

Published February 14, 2013

Medicaid expansion a 'no-brainer': hike in GDP and new jobs by 2015

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Between 2013 and 2026, the study authors found nearly a billion dollars in savings to Colorado's coffers from four major programs: prisoner hospitalizations, the Department of Human Service's community mental health, alcohol and drug treatment programs …
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Mental illness increases at Texas youth facilities

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It surpassed the rate of similarly situated young offenders receiving drug and alcohol abuse treatment. "That gets worse as it goes along," said Nancy Arrigona, director of research for the Juvenile Justice Department, in an interview outside the hearing.
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UPDATE 2-US FDA approves first retinal implant for rare eye disease

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The team plans to keep improving the treatment, which they hope will ultimately be used to treat age-related macular degeneration. Mech said while there are many academic centers working on retinal implants, getting the system to market took 14 years, …
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