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Green Paper Funding Proposals "Disastrous" For People With Mental Health Problems
People with mental health problems could find themselves without adequate help and support under proposals set out in today"s green paper on adult social care, warns leading mental health charity Rethink.
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Doing something unusual, like knocking on wood or patting yourself on the head, while taking a daily dose of medicine may be an effective strategy to help seniors remember whether they"ve already taken their daily medications, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Florida Moves To Increase Health Insurance For Children
Capitol News Service reports that an estimated 50,000 additional uninsured children may receive medical coverage from legislation that Gov. Charlie Crist signed Tuesday. "The Kid Care program offers low cost insurance to children up to ages 19. But penalties and a lengthy application process have kept thousand of families out," Capitol News Service reports. "The legislation shortens the waiting time to enroll in the state"s Kid Care program and lessens the penalties for missing a premium payment." Children"s advocates have been pushing for the legislation for three years and call it a good start. The program enrolls 1.5 million children, but a lack of advertising money has hindered its ability to "spread the word" further (Ray, 6/2).
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Primary Care Gets Boost From Stimulus Money, Experiment On 'Medical Home'

"Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced Tuesday that $200 million will be available for grants, loans, loan repayments and scholarships for the training of some 8,000 health professionals by the end of fiscal 2010," Congressional Quarterly reports. The money will "provide targeted investments in primary care, nursing, faculty development, and equipment purchases that will shore up the workforce as we prepare for reform," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said" (7/28). Meanwhile, CBS News reports on "a national experiment called Medical Home, which increases the pay and power of family doctors." Dr. Joseph Mambu, a primary care physician, is part of the experiment. "On average specialists make twice as much as primary physicians. A starting cardiologist, with three to five years more training makes up to $350,000 a year. A starting family doctor makes $149,000, mostly because they aren"t paid for the extra time spent counseling patients." But now Mambu"s practice "gets a 10 per cent bonus, and has hired extra nurses who stay in close touch with patients, handling the details of care. It frees him up to spend more time with each patient, better manage chronic diseases like diabetes, and avoid any extra trips to specialists." "But as the system begins to pay primary care doctors more, the pressure is on to pay specialists less. Medicare just proposed a pay cut of up 40 per cent for specialists, like radiologists and cardiologists, and pay increases of up to 8 percent for family doctors. Specialists complain the cuts will reduce their service in rural areas, and still not raise enough money to recruit more family physicians" (Andrews, 7/28). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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