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Once again, new rules are needed to improve mental health and substance use care
To understand why the Biden Administration announced new rules last month to improve mental health care, look no further than ProPublica’s reporting on this issue in August. Nearly all Americans have health insurance, but health insurers limit such care for millions of consumers by paying mental health providers too little, forcing providers to quit insurance…
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Dueling public health crises: Overdoses and firearm injuries a deadly combination in Indianapolis
Drug overdoses and shootings are two of America’s most dire public health crises — and the two issues often intersect, according to a 2022 study. Researchers studied two years worth of data in Indianapolis and found that 75% of census tracts in the city had both high rates of firearm injuries and of opioid overdoses.…
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