Richie Incognito admitted to treatment center
By Omar Kelly and Chris Perkins South Florida Sun Sentinel. 12:02 p.m. EST, February 28, 2014. DAVIE—. Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito has checked himself into a Arizona treatment facility where he will be psychologically evaluated …
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Florida Medical Care: Mental Health Is Priority
The May 20 Peace River Center veto — and others in Polk and other counties — accompanied his signing of the 2013-2014 state budget. Florida's governor has line-item budget veto authority. Scott used an oft-cited reason for the rejection: "Funds go to …
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Edgewater High School opens health care center for students
Funded by Florida Hospital and Florida Department of Health, the Orlando high school opened a new health care center on campus, that will be staffed with a full-time nurse practitioner. Nurse practitioners can write prescriptions, give treatments …
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Question by Taylor: Are there many unanswered questions about a Health Care bill that’s about to become ” Law “?
Will the current Bill do any of the following:

1. Allow me to build my own policy and not have to pay for things I don’t need or will never use?

( My sons and I will never need a pap smear, nor give birth, don’t want a hair transplant and will never use the alcohol/drug rehab plan) Yet I am forced to pay for that coverage because of law makers. This vastly increases costs)

2. Do anythin at all to lower the cost of Malpractic Insurance (One of my Dr pays 70,000 / year for liability coverage which is covered by his fees) ( Trial lawyers have nothing to lose. Most cases get settled no matter how ridiculous because the lawyers never have to pay court or legal fees. Easy Fix = Loser Pays all court and legal fees of both parties) That 70,000 will be drastically reduced, and the cost savings passed on.)

3. Lower my monthly premium ?
How can it when Ins companies are now required to cover more people, even with pre-existing conditions. Premiums can only go up. And they are forced to cover basic stuff like minor doctors visits when people should be able to pay for that out of pocket.

Other questions about this “reform”

4. If they are required to cover pre-existing conditions, what prevents people from canceling coverage all together and using the money saved for basic medical care? Then get the insurance only when/if you need major medical care?

5. What will happen when Ins companies go out of business? ( See above question) Will the Gov option be the only option?

6. When the gov has control of how much a doctor or a hospital can make per procedure, what will that do to the number of people willing to enter the Medical field as a profession.

6-B God Forbid, but what if Doctors are forced to join a Gov Union like the SEIU ?

7. (Combined with above) When adding 30 million more people to the system thereby vastly increasing demand, how will the supply side look?

8. When supply gets overwhelmed with demand,how can rationing be avoided?

9. What will happen to our coverage when the government decides it needs to “reign in costs”.

10. What “life-style laws” will be passed in the name of “protecting us” from ourselves?

11. Why can’t people “shop for the best price” like they would anything else.

12. Why will we begin paying for this “reform” next year, but the “benefits” won’t be available until 2013?

Best answer:

Answer by towwwdothello
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/warcrimetrials/comment_post.php

Answer by Milk Cow
13. Where will some of the Insurance Executives be working if they get laid off or fire……. ?

New Jersey's heroin crisis worsens
In 2012, there were more than 8,300 admissions to state-certified substance abuse treatment programs for prescription drug abuse — an increase of nearly 700 percent over the past decade. The Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse received the …
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Colts owner enters treatment center following arrest
A three-sentence statement released Tuesday said Irsay on Monday had "voluntarily checked into a highly-respected health care facility and is committed to undergoing the treatment and care necessary to help him meet his challenges head-on." Irsay was …
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Blumenthal, Murphy call for action on heroin deaths
The pair announced their ideas to tackle the state's dramatic increase in heroin-related overdose deaths during a press conference at a substance abuse treatment center in Hartford. Other parts of their five-point plan include supporting increased …
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Presciption drug abuse 'prep school for heroin'
A. Thomas McLellan, CEO and co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute, said prescription drug abuse is “now recognized as a national epidemic.” McLellan, the former science adviser and deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug …
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Battling the beast at the door
Getting him into a methadone treatment facility was nearly impossible, with months' long waiting lists and high costs. In July 2011, he tried to … Sally Kalb also detailed her daughter's fight to overcome drug abuse and treatment options. “I …
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Maker of OxyContin developing tamper-resistant hydrocodone drug
The drug's California manufacturer, Zogenix, says the pure formulation allows for long-term use without the risk of liver damage and would offer a much-needed treatment for chronic pain sufferers. But critics have warned that such a formulation also …
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Nivolumab shows long–term efficacy in combating melanoma
Results of a new study suggest that a drug commonly prescribed to patients with cancer — including advanced melanoma — can halt the progress of the disease for up to two years. According to the study, nivolumab … This study provides the first …
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War on superbugs: In the fight against germs, NJ health care facilities get …
Then she attempted to walk into the sterile nurses' station — a major infection-control faux pas, because she would also be bringing any organisms she might have come in contact with from the treatment area into a sterile environment. … The CDC …
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Question by ~dreamvette~: Can anyone tell me what a “Reception and Diagnostic Center” does for prisoners?
Please go into details, I need to know.
Thank You so much!!

Best answer:

Answer by KC V
In most states these centers process newly incarcerated inmates for assignment to a permanent population in one of the designated prison systems maintained throughout a state penal system. They can also provide for a community release center treatment program in a less “prison oriented” atmosphere.

Processing in one of these centers includes prison orientation, educational, psychiatric and medical testing, risk assessment, AIDS testing and a drug education program.

Best wishes!

Answer by P W
Yes. They receive inmates from the court system. There they are classified for placement within the state penal system.

For example, they determine if the inmate has drug problems. Does he/she have mental health issues? Does he/she have special medical needs, ie. diabetes?

The idea is to try and determine what services the inmate needs. Once they determine this, they then send them to the appropriate facility. Whether it is sex abuse education, domestic education, drug treatment, whatever.

They want the inmate to go to a prison facility best suited to rehabilitate the inmate. This is vital to a successful return of the inmate to society.

Healthier Patients May Have To Wait For Costly Hepatitis C Drugs
Expensive new drugs for hepatitis C may work better than older treatments, but their high cost undermines their value, a panel of experts said Monday during a daylong forum in San Francisco Monday. "The price makes it very hard for the health care …
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Voices: Women drinking more like men
Like much of the fourth hour on the morning show, the drinking is all in good fun. Just as it is every other day as the two women sit behind their giant wine goblets. But some people don't find it funny. … As I reported this week, addiction treatment …
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Antithyroid Drug Treatment First for Graves' Disease in Kids
Long-term antithyroid drug treatment is useful for children with Graves' disease, with low risk of adverse events and remission achievable in nearly half of patients, according to the findings of a new retrospective single-center study from Japan …
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Former baseball star to open drug treatment center
ST. LOUIS — A Florida health care company wants to open a St. Louis County substance abuse rehabilitation center named for former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry. The 51-year-old Strawberry played for the New York Mets and New York …
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