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Ebola trample US freedoms? - 0 views

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    Deborah Hamilton, Hamilton Strategies, 215.815.7716, 610.584.1096, CONTACT: DHamilton@HamiltonStrategies.com Government Uses Ebola Scare to Trample Americans' Freedoms Citizens' Council for Health Freedom: Domestic Epidemic Fears Thrust State Emergency Health Powers Act Into Full Gear ST. PAUL, Minn. -For much of the summer, the Ebola epidemic seemed like a far-away problem without much threat here at home.
mig2146362

Human Trafficking - 2 views

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    An organization website that outlines Human trafficking as an epidemic. Global and local awareness is discussed as the main proponent to ending human trafficking. A list of current efforts is also provided to inspire action in the reader, to join and help end trafficking of any kind.
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    I think this website is relevant to what I posted about abuse. Many people that abuse their kids sell/traffic their children as well or eventually will.
alyssastevie

The Issue is Freedom, Not Soft Drinks - 0 views

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    This article is about the Mayor of New York banning soda. New York City Mayor Bloomberg struck what he claims is another blow for the cause of public health yesterday by announcing a ban on the sale of all sugared drinks in containers that measure larger than 16 ounce servings. Because soft drinks are widely believed to be part of the obesity epidemic, he believes it is his duty to try and stop the citizens of Gotham from harming themselves.
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    Article about how New York mayor wanted to ban large sodas. Analyzes how this effects personal freedom from both sides.
bri2104912

Bullying in America's Schools - 0 views

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    Many children in America resort to suicide due to bulling in school.
bai2118295

Underage Drinking Epidemic - 0 views

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    Ask most any 16 year old and up teen and you will find out that the vast majority of them have drank. There is extreme health consequences for any age drinking but in particular underage drinking.
kat2222004

Cost OF Note Caring:Nowhere To Go - 1 views

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    America's mental health is becoming an epidemic, yet funding for mental health is at an all time low. States are cutting funding for mental healthcare, in order to save money, yet when they do this they do not understand the repercussions. Many of the mentally ill often end up on the streets, jail or dead. When mental health is not treated we end up with many tragic events such as the 2012 Auroa shooting
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    This article talks about the effects of mental illness on the people suffering with it as well as families. It talks about how budget cuts mean less care for the sick and how that directly leads to more mentally ill people homeless, in jail, and dead. It also talks about how much money untreated mental health costs the US
nat2142094

Who's to blame for obesity? Policy makers, the food industry, or individuals? - 0 views

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    This article brings up the question of who we can blame for the obesity epidemic. Is there one particular industry that is really at fault? Surprisingly, the majority of the people surveyed blame themselves.
acjarrel93

An 'Overprescription of Opioids' That Led to a Crisis  - 0 views

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    Opioid addiction is on the rise due to a health care system that emphasizes minimizing pain and suffering. Its lasting affects had a death toll of 64,000 in 2016. This is a leading discussing amongst political parties and the Trump Administration.
anonymous

Mental Health Care Access and Suicide - 2 views

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    This article goes into the relationship between access to mental healthcare and suicide. This article is important because it is crucial to be mindful of what is at stake when we're talking about why it's important to have wide access to mental healthcare.
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    I personally think that mental health has such a negative stigma around it, which is part of the reason it gets negated. Taking that negative stigma away, and providing people with access to the care they need is so important.
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    Mental health truly is something that gets disregarded a lot of the time. If anything, all the time. I agree, having access to mental healthcare is extremely important. It could be beneficial to so many people and could save numerous lives.
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    Its freightening how unaware we are as a people to mental health conditions. A condition that America has called its epidemic is obesity, but the root cause of so many conditions is actual mental health. Mental health is more than just people who struggle with a psycological problem.
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    It should be noted that at the end of the article it was concluded that the correlations between these to things do not nesssasirly entail causation.
smurphy6600

Health Net lawsuit reveals the financial engine of drug rehab industry - 0 views

  • The only "Obamacare" health insurer in metro Phoenix and Pima County is ensnared in a legal dispute with several addiction treatment centers over the cost of care amid an Arizona opioid epidemic that is taking an average of two lives each day. 
  • Maricopa County Superior Court lawsuit
  • widespread fraud among Arizona and California drug rehab centers in 2015 and 2016, when it alleges"teams of brokers" recruited out-of-state clients to fraudulently obtain insurance policies and to seek treatment in Arizona.
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  •  residential “sober homes”
  • headaches for local government officials as they try to determine how to manage the unregulated industry.
  • Prescott, which once claimed more than 100 sober homes, has adopted regulations to provide more oversight of them.
  • Federal and state prosecutors have aggressively pursued cases in Florida and California in connection with fraudulent activities such as patient brokering.
  • There have been no criminal cases filed in Arizona, however. 
  • Six of the rehab facilities that accuse Health Net of improperly withholding payments are in Prescott: Chapter 5 Counseling, Prescott House, Compass Recovery Center, Clean Adventures of Sober Living, Decision Point Center and Carleton Recovery Centers.
  • Three others, T R U Recovery Solutions, North Ridge Counseling and Desert Cove Recovery, list Scottsdale addresses. 
  • The rehab facilities allege that Health Net improperly withheld payments to virtually every rehab center in Arizona and southern California beginning in January 2016. Health Net halted the payments as part of an investigative audit that demanded each center provide detailed records such as proof of patients' residency and assurances that patients did not receive incentives to sign up for rehab. 
  • Health Net said in court documents that claims filed by rehab centers in Arizona soared because of widespread fraud
  • Health Net's PPO plans paid $2.4 million to all Arizona rehab centers in 2014. Those payments soared to $47.4 million in 2015
  • Those plans paid more for rehab care that year than all other types of care in Arizona, including typically expensive medical care such as cancer, heart disease and child births, according to the insurer’s counterclaim.
  • Here’s how the fraud worked, the insurer said in its counterclaim:Brokers would scout out people in 12-step programs, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, homeless shelters and jails, then refer these clients to the “highest-bidding clinic.”Clinics that were not part of the insurer’s network paid clients’ insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles and co-payments.The result was that people secured Health Net coverage “arranged and bought for them by financially-interested providers for one purpose only: to obtain coverage for the limited time needed to rack up millions of dollars in substance abuse treatment.” Some clinics misrepresented the home addresses of patients, many of whom lived out of state. 
  • “a sophisticated fraud involving the fraudulent enrollment of non-Arizona residents,” who signed up for Arizona insurance policies. 
  • misrepresenting their home address
  • Clean Adventures staff member told him to list the rehab facility's address on his insurance application.
  • put him in contact with an insurance agent who suggested using Clean Adventures' address on his insurance application
  • The insurer named 10 other examples of people who lived in California, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Wisconsin but represented that they lived in Prescott or Scottsdale.
  • The insurer also said the rehab centers engaged in fraudulent billing, charging for services that were not medically necessary or in amounts that exceeded what the plan allowed.
  • A 2008 law called the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Act requires insurance plans to provide equitable coverage for substance abuse and addiction treatment. The Affordable Care Act also requires health insurance plans cover essential health benefits, including behavioral health services, and it forbids insurers from denying coverage to individuals based on existing medical conditions. 
  • The unintended consequence was (some) addiction treatments centers began taking advantage of that and over-billing," said Angie Geren, executive director of Addiction Haven, a grassroots and advocacy organization focusing on addiction issues. 
  • House Bill 2333
  • curb the practice of paying referral fees to brokers who steer patients to rehab centers.
  • bill never made it out of committee.
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  • "The scam starts with deceptive advertising at the beginning," Aronberg said. "You are lured down to sunny Florida with a free plane ticket, which is illegal. You are given illegal benefits to keep you there."
  • patients often find themselves booted from treatment when their insurance benefits run out.
  • incentive for people to relapse so they can obtain another round of coverage.
  • Sober Home Task Force targeting the practice of buying and selling patients battling addiction
  • Johnson said rehab centers that provide legitimate services are being harmed as insurance companies scrutinize payments and bad actors poach patients away. 
  • ken.alltucker@arizonarepublic.com
gvi1234

Overdoses in Maricopa County - 0 views

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    Maricopa county is showing the statistics of overdose deaths. Opioids are the leading cause of overdoses.
rya2198591

Arizona Substance Abuse Statistics | Drug Rehab Center | Drug Detox - 3 views

  • an epidemic of alcohol and drug use in Arizona. The widespread availability of prescription painkillers, alcohol, and street drugs can lead to dependency and addiction, and Arizona substance abuse statistics are sobering.
  • Between 2018 and 2019, nearly 215,000 Arizona residents over the age of 18 were abusing pain relievers.
  • Arizona emergency rooms see a significant number of overdoses due to prescription pain relievers, and arrests for driving under the influence have increased as well.
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  • At Lakeview Health, located in Jacksonville, Florida, we provide addiction treatment for patients from Florida and across the United States, including Arizona residents. Our team offers individualized treatment options for patients across the United States, and we provide a range of programs for a variety of substances. 
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      There seem to be well meaning Drug Rehab facilities but it looks like the one advertised here is all the way in Florida. That is not very accessible to most people. This does suggest that there might be an economic barrier to Drug Rehab quality.
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    The author of the article gives information about recent Drug abuse statistics and infographics on the trends in Arizona. The author also advertises the company Lakeview Health. While the article seems to be getting its statistics from credible sources like the CDC, its comments on how it can help people in Arizona with Drug abuse should be taken with a grain of salt because of its relation with a company bound to look for customers. (The Rehab Center is all the way in Florida).
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