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cheyennehorne

UN Committee condemns U.S. for racial disparity, police brutality - 0 views

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shared by cheyennehorne on 05 Feb 17 - No Cached
  • cheyennehorne on 05 Feb 17
     
    This article touches on how the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) published a report analyzing the current state of racial justice in the United States. It talks about how the UN is concerned about how the American justice system handles racially-charged events. It also explains how this is a much bigger issue than people assume.
ale2164926

Over-the-Counter Access to Oral Contraceptives - 0 views

www.acog.org/...-Access-to-Oral-Contraceptives

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shared by ale2164926 on 06 Feb 17 - No Cached
  • ale2164926 on 06 Feb 17
     
    This article explains how birth control should be available over the counter. They say how nothing major is required to receive birth control, and women can use a checklist to make sure they are eligible to obtain it.
cmick80

HRC Local: Arizona | Human Rights Campaign (Gay Rights) - 0 views

www.hrc.org/...arizona

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shared by cmick80 on 01 Feb 15 - No Cached
  • cmick80 on 01 Feb 15
     
    Find out more about what HRC is doing for LGBT equality in Arizona and how you can get involved with the Phoenix Steering Committee. Talks about same sex marriage in Arizona. Also has links to same sex marriage in other states.
albertskarsten

Super PACs | OpenSecrets - 1 views

www.opensecrets.org/...superpacs.php

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shared by albertskarsten on 24 Jan 17 - No Cached
  • albertskarsten on 24 Jan 17
     
    This section lists campaign contributions by Politicial Action Committees (PACs) and donations to PACs, broken down by sector, industry and unique PAC. Only groups that made contributions during the current or last two election cycles are listed here. As more money is pumped into our political system many question the integrity of our election process. This article shows the staggering amounts donated during the previous electionary cycle.
maemalicdem

History - 0 views

www.usbreastfeeding.org/...Default.aspx

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shared by maemalicdem on 30 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • maemalicdem on 30 Jan 15
     
    Starting in 1995, a small group of breastfeeding advocates met to discuss the need for coordination of breastfeeding activities in the United States. After conducting an intensive needs assessment, the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (NABA) was formed to address needs not being met by organizations, government agencies, or individuals.
smurphy6600

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

www.azcentral.com/...907734001

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shared by smurphy6600 on 07 Sep 21 - No Cached
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  • 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.
  • ...30 more annotations...
  •  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.
  • Florida
  • "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
slowseph

Earthquake in Haiti - 1 views

www.rescue.org/...earthquake-haiti

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shared by slowseph on 07 Sep 21 - No Cached
  • slowseph on 07 Sep 21
     
    In January of 2010, a massive 7.0 earthquake leveled Haiti killing 300,000 people and leaving 2.3 million homeless with little to no water and food. The IRC (International Rescue Committee) reunited over 1,000 children to families, built 500 bathrooms, and provided food and water.
slowseph

Bringing Education and Hope to Refugee Children - 3 views

www.rescue.org/...tion-and-hope-refugee-children

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shared by slowseph on 07 Sep 21 - No Cached
  • slowseph on 07 Sep 21
     
    The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Sesame Workshop (the organization behind Sesame Street) are teaming up to give millions of refugee children in Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria support to learn and grow. They are combining Sesame Street's history of educational content with IRC's history of assisting crisis-affected areas to deliver learning opportunities tailored to the needs of the children and caregivers.
  • gvi1234 on 07 Sep 21
     
    This is a must need for these children suffering from trauma. I did not know learning can reverse the effects of toxic stress.
slowseph

What is Happening to Females in Afghanistan? - 2 views

www.rescue.org/...ng-women-and-girls-afghanistan

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shared by slowseph on 07 Sep 21 - No Cached
  • slowseph on 07 Sep 21
     
    The IRC (International Rescue Committee) is seriously concerned about females rights in Afghanistan. Females should be able to work, go to school, and move freely. As of August 2021, the response plan funding for women and girls has drastically diminished making them more prone to violence, child labor, and forced marriages. Since international support has slowly been fading away, almost 1 million children will miss out on education.
  • smurphy6600 on 07 Sep 21
     
    Despite the article referring to women and young girls distinctly why choose to rename your bookmark and pointedly refer to them as females rather than as the article intends? Your article covers rather dehumanizing issues so it strikes me as odd that out of all this your choice was to choose a word you could apply to any non human mammal rather than the women of Afghanistan. Did you not think that the article used the language "women and girls" for the reason of both humanization and to clarify that perhaps the rights of a female mammal weren't at stake here but the human population that happens to be female?
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