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Abuse investigation agency faces ‘shameful’ shortfall in funding

February 23, 2015 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) A COFAR Special Report  Due to a chronic lack of funding and a maze of legal constraints, the state’s only independent agency charged with investigating abuse and neglect of disabled individuals is … [Read more...]

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Are they really cutting that program?

March 14, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) "I want to shake you all," the woman said through an interpreter. It was a plea to the impassive panel before her of members of the House and Senate Ways and Means Committees, none of whom could … [Read more...]

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Do we really want managed care for the disabled?

January 5, 2012 By dave-from-hvad

(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) Hang Lee struggled to get his words out in testifying yesterday morning before a packed public hearing in Boston on a proposal by the Patrick administration to introduce managed care into the delivery … [Read more...]

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Access to Healthcare for People with Mental Retardation

January 10, 2009 By justice4all

The big deal is that there is an enormous gap in access to healthcare for people with mental retardation, a gap that widens even further with degree of disability.   http://www.aafp.org/afp/200606... The U.S. Surgeon General of the US … [Read more...]

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