Now more so that ever, learning of positive developments and new efforts of those working to make a difference, helps me to keep going . I share here with you some news of significance at the local, state, and national levels.
In Washington State:
State lifts three-visit ER limit for poor patients
Workers’ wellness saving jobs in parks, policing, transit
Poor people win: Judge allows 11,000 to rejoin Basic Health
In New York State:
Medicaid team passes four sets of reform proposals, including Safe Rx to “Promote Language Accessible Prescriptions”
Governor Cuomo Issues Executive Order to Improve Access to State Services for Non-English Speakers
Nationally:
One Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance in 2011 Because of the Affordable Care Act
For kids in foster care, law now requires that states create protocols and actively monitor the use of psychotropic medications
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