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Dental practitioner bills could undercut care of the developmentally disabled

February 27, 2017 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blogsite) Sometimes even well-intentioned bills in the Legislature can have unintended impacts, and we're concerned about two such bills that authorize mid-level dental practitioners to perform basic dental … [Read more...]

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Briton brings free health care to desperate Americans – thousands line up for help! – with POLL

August 15, 2009 By AmberPaw

The organization created by Stan Brock has set up an subsidiary to care for desperate Americans - here is its web site I was struck by the quote from Mr. Weiss about "deserving people." Why do we American's treat poverty as an issue of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: amazon-bason, dental-care, haiti, la, remote-area-medical-volunteer-corp, satn-brock, virginia

Cuts that bite

May 14, 2009 By Charley on the MTA

These are cuts that will have teeth: The Senate's budget contains cuts for "non-emergency" dental care for 600,000 people; and health care for legal immigrants is out.From MassBudget.org: (no longer have to read pdf's -- thanks!) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: budget, dental-care, health-care, senate, taxes

Why dental care = health care

February 28, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

WaPo, via Atrios: Awful story from Maryland:Twelve-year-old Deamonte Driver died of a toothache Sunday.A routine, $80 tooth extraction might have saved him.If his mother had been insured.If his family had not lost its Medicaid.If Medicaid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dental-care, health-care, massachusetts, national

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