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ADA cautions that charity clinics should take care with ethical issues
Organizers of free megaclinics at city stadiums and rural fairgrounds frequently describe their efforts as “Band-Aid” solutions to a much…
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How the system spells trouble for one health expert’s Rx
Last week, I shook the medicine bottle and felt just a few pills left. At the same time, weather forecasters…
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Check out this primer on issues affecting health in rural areas
When I flew to Forth Worth, Texas, recently for AHCJ’s Rural Health Workshop, I should have read this first. The…
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Plans progress to accredit dental therapist training
The agency responsible for overseeing dental education in the United States is moving forward with plans to establish a national…
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Midlevel dental providers gain support from national organization
With dental care in short supply and oral disease rates high on tribal lands, Native American leader Brian Cladoosby recently…
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Could the other SCOTUS ruling improve health for the LGBT community?
All eyes were on the U.S. Supreme Court last week as it handed down its highly anticipated decision in King…
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Workshop to offer look at nation’s rural health landscape #ruralhealth15
A lot has been made of mapping health care lately, from states and counties to ZIP codes and income. But…
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Some dental clinics seeing influx of Medicaid clients under ACA
Thanks to Medicaid expansion and stepped up enrollment efforts under the Affordable Care Act, adults in some states including Oregon,…
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Journalists expose weaknesses in Idaho’s fragmented, threadbare mental health system
Last fall, The Idaho Statesman newspaper and NPR member station Boise State Public Radio ran a series titled, “In Crisis,”…
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Seniors struggle to access adequate dental care
Many Americans lose their private dental benefits when they retire. But Medicare, the nation’s health insurance program for seniors, does…