Philip Verhoef: Senator Kirk's Recovery Makes the Case for Single Payer

Published January 17, 2013

Philip Verhoef: Senator Kirk's recovery makes the case for single payer

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

As a concerned physician, I am heartened by his recent statement that he will be “much more focused on Medicaid and what (his) fellow citizens face,” noting that Medicaid patients only qualify for 11 rehab visits after a stroke. However, his experience …
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Don't Expect China to Abolish its Labor Camps

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

"There are criminals in our society who, if handled by the Security Administration Punishment Law, cannot be fully educated and rehabilitated, yet the Criminal Law is overly harsh for them. Drug users are an example. So we need something in between. " …
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Time is right to re-write state's criminal code

Filed under: drug rehabilitation

Some of the money saved from putting low-level offenders in jail can perhaps be re-directed into drug abuse prevention and rehabilitation programs outside of prison walls. The more people we can help without putting them behind bars the better …
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