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Americans are skipping on medical care - 0 views

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    This article is reporting on why Americans are not getting medical care. Oftentimes, health care is too expensive. The medical care system does not help with cost
veronica evans

Medical Marijuana Cardholders Face Possible DUI's - 0 views

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    Presecutors state, " Arizona's law allows motorist who are not impaired to drive with precription drugs in their system, if their using them under doctors order." However this doesn't pretain to MM Cardholders, MM Cardholders are supposibely recommeded and not prescribed. Just because of this MM cardholders face possible DUI's and/or driver license or Medical Marijuana Cards getting taken away.
Monica Beiser

ADD / ADHD Treatment in Children: Finding Treatments that Work - 0 views

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    ADD/ ADHD treatment starts at home and medication should not be the only tool used. Children should have a routine set up, adequate sleep, and a nutritional diet. Behavioral and emotional therapy should be used weather a child is on medication or not.
Monica Beiser

Most Docs Don't Follow ADHD Treatment Guidelines for Preschoolers: Study: MedlinePlus - 0 views

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    Doctors have a set guideline of how to diagnose and treat children with ADHD, but these guidelines are generally not followed. Often times medication is used too soon while other times medication is not offered at all .
kat2222004

5 Challenges of Mental Health Care Today - 5 views

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    Even though mental illness is a common problem it's handled very poorly. People with mental illness struggle to get help for a variety of reasons. They lack the money to pay for therapy and the support they need.
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    I agree, mental health care is very important and sadly is not always easy to get. Mental health needs more funding and more awareness. Being stable mentally is just as important as getting your yearly doctor's exam. I view mental illness's such as depression, anxiety and so on to be just as important to treat as any physical sickness or injury that requires medical attention.
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    I also agree that mental healthcare is very poor and not getting the attention it deserves. I have someone really close to me that has mental illness and they don't get all the proper things that they need to deal with it because of money.
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    As someone who has struggled with mental illness most of my entire life I know all too well the challenges that mental health faces in our country. It might help you to look at the Reagan administration and their decisions to close several mental health hospitals and programs in the late 80's. This had a huge impact on how mental health was dealt with in this country.
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    Being someone that has worked for a number of years with mentally disabled patients, I have to say that there is a lot of indifference toward this medical condition. Patients are not always receiving the best treatment option, they rather receive what is convenient for the health care provider or sometimes the cheapest alternative because family does not want to pay for treatment, whether it is a therapy or medication. It is very unfortunate that these people are ignored just because they have an ilness.
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    I work with a variety of patients and some do have mental disabilities. Most don't seek help because they have the lack of knowledge and don't know where to start. Also like the article states they don't have the support or don't want to spend the money. A lot of people who don't get the correct help they need then tend to become suicidal. Very sad.
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    Mental health definitely needs funding. A lack of funding will result in higher poverty and an increased suicide rate among the disabled. Not too long ago the mentally ill were put in asylums. Being someone who has Asperger's Syndrome I have experienced shutdowns and anxiety. At my last college I was unofficially withdrawn. When I have anxiety I often cannot leave my bedroom and school has become very difficult.
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    The main reason many do not seek professional help is not due to money, but the stigma that society places on someone with mental illness. Suffering in silence is a common way to handle the disease. Many also self medicate with alcohol and drugs. There is free help out there, just have to look for it. Catholic Family Services and Christian Church groups are there to those who ask for the help. The first step is to ask.
katiecakes6

Medical Marijuana Explained - 0 views

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    This article explains what medical marijuana is, and how it is used. It also explains if the health benefits and health risks of medical marijuana. Many people will say it is our personal right to alleviate pain, even if marijuana is needed.
arm2161207

Military spending on Viagra versus transgender medical care - 1 views

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    This article challenges President Trump's statement on the medical care cost of transgender troops. It compares the spending already being made on Viagra, for troops, to the potential cost of medical care for transgender troops.
kelly simmons

Push to Legalize Marijuana - 0 views

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    This journal discusses the push for medical marijuana and how patients should be permitted access to marijuana. The many medical uses of marijuana are examined.
Shannon Hardt-Patino

Tattoos No Longer A Kiss Of Death In The Workplace - 0 views

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    As tattoos are becoming more common, they are also becoming more accepted in the workplace. Companies in both the corporate and medical fields are loosening their policies on tattoos to be more inclusive and flexible with the current cultural trends.
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    As tattoos are becoming more common, they are also becoming more accepted in the workplace. Companies in both the corporate and medical fields are loosening their policies on tattoos to be more inclusive and flexible with the current cultural trends.
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.
  • 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
contrerasju

Racism in healthcare: Statistics and examples - 1 views

  • unable to voice their concerns about the lack of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 testing in the pandemic’s early stages.
  • Black people were 3.57 times more likely to die from COVID-19
  • Latinx population was nearly twice that of the white population.
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  • profound impact on mental and physical health
  • difficult for some to get health insurance, preventing people from getting medical care.
  • racism also exists within healthcare itself
  • 73% held at least one false belief about the biological differences between races.
  • less likely to receive appropriate pain medication than white children
  • 10% less likely to admit Black patients to the hospital
  • affect the medical care of pregnant people and newborn babies.
  • 28% more likely to already have a chronic illness
  • Latinx people of the same age accumulated chronic diseases faster than white people.
  • Asian Americans may be under-diagnosed.
  • “model minority” stereotype,
  • suggests doctors are less likely to diagnose alcohol addiction in Asian Americans compared to white people,
  • clinicians can overlook the symptoms of depression and focus more on psychotic symptoms when treating Black people.
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    This article describes the various ways that POC are treated differently. This can cause doctors to provide the wrong treatment or no treatment for the minority who don't have access to healthcare.
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    The fact that we continue to face and see discrimination when it comes to health care is appalling. When dealing with health, health care providers should not be biased on who to help due to their skin color or certain characteristics.
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    There is no reason why there should still be discrimination in health care, they're saving your life regardless of your color.
Marcus Rentrope

Rights in Medicine - 0 views

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    Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine (FIRM) promotes the philosophy of individual rights, personal responsibility, and free market economics in health care. People have a right to chose their doctor.
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    The purpose of this website is for the freedom and individual rights in medicine. They are for moal and practical medicine for the citizens that pay for their own medical care in a capitalist free market.
rebeca atudoroae

Marijuana Legalization Bill Coming Soon - 0 views

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    This article speaks about how it is widely accepted to use cigarettes and alcohol. However, the use of medical marijuana is still unaccepted. It goes into detail about the approval in various states.
Jerry McClay

Abortion: MedlinePlus - 0 views

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    Provides general knowledge of what an abortion is. Unbiased medical information.
Jonathan Cagle

Top 10 Pros and Cons - Euthanasia - ProCon.org - 0 views

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    Website provides the pros and cons on ten issues dealing with assisted suicide. There is also a lot of great info in the links on the left side. One has comments from medical doctors stating why they believe in assisted suicide or not and there is another where visitors to the site can do the same. Information about stances on assisted suicide throughout history and in other countries are also on the left side.
Bianca Lombardi

The Long Slog to Legalizing Marijuana in the U.S. Is Just Beginning - 0 views

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    While a popular section of our nation supports legalization, the Executive branch of government still holds the power to legalize the drug. Attempts are being made to reclassify the drug for medical use.
David Munnelly

BBC - Ethics: Abortion - 0 views

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    There are many facets to the pro-life and pro-choice debate.  This site offers a lot of useful info about these areas, from medical issues to fathers' rights.
casbautista

Disclosing genderqueer identity for medical professionals - 0 views

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    Many nonbinary and genderqueer identities face a difficult time when attempting to transition. While transgender health care framework is available for dealing with such instances, many health professionals simply are not aware or educated on the subject to accommodate to the needs of nonbinary or genderqueer people. The lack of awareness on the subject thus can cause complications or obstacles for people as people can be denied access to these services if the health professional believes that the person is not transgender.
n3n3espinoza

America's 10 Worst Prisons: Tent City | Mother Jones - 0 views

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    The jail conditions are really poor in Maricopa county. Some would argue that the conditions are unconstitutional. Rap by fellow prisoners or staff, beaten by guards, driven insane by long-term solitary confinement, or killed off by medical neglect. I understand that criminals shouldn't live in luxury but the conditions that Joe Arpio has the prisoners is not right.
ste2253805

Mental disorders keep thousands of homeless on streets - 0 views

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    Many homeless people who live out on the streets are victims of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. People who are mentally ill and homeless are among the hardest to treat, and government spending on homeless programs is expected to rise.
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    This post actually hits close to home for me, seeing as i am a psych major and i feel the same way about our homeless population. Many of them are made fun of or accused of being on drugs but what they do not realize is that many of them are acting that way because they are not on the medication that they require to function at a normal level.
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    This article really opens my eyes a bit about homeless people. I mainly believe that homeless people at times are just helpless and put themselves in a position that they cant return from, but this article says otherwise. It goes to show that not all of these homeless people are completely doomed, just some of them need to proper medical assistance to get them back on the right track and back into reality.
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