New med school aims to train primary care docs
Michael Ellison has a tough assignment.
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Bill Would Require Mental Health Assessments For Schoolchildren
Measure Runs Into Opposition From Home-Schooling Parents; ACLU Says Screenings Should Be Optional MORE HEALTH -RELATED NEWS MIDDLETOWN — Lawmakers are considering a measure that would make Connecticut the first state in the nation to mandate universal mental health assessments for school-age children.
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Mental health news : Ore. lawmakers make children’s funding push; Conn. panel makes recommendations
Lawmakers and officials from Oregon, Connecticut and around the nation deal with treating and paying for how they treat the mentally ill.
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Five Connecticut Health Centers Commence Reorganization Proceedings to Create Sustainable Cost Structure
DANBURY, Conn., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Five Connecticut health care centers (Centers) filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S
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Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange CEO Kevin Counihan Testifies on Affordability Issues to Connecticut General …
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Kevin Counihan, CEO of Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, testified today in front of the Connecticut General Assembly Insurance and Real Estate Committee, …
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Medicine Hat man charged with Facebook threats
A Medicine Hat man has been arrested and been charged with making threats after posting on Facebook about the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
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California offered as national mental health model
In response to the killing of schoolchildren in Connecticut, the federal government should consider California's strategy for dealing with mental illness, experts and lawmakers said Thursday.The Mental …
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Series Of Talks To Explain New Health Insurance Exchange
MORE HEALTH-RELATED NEWS The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange will hold a series of informational “chats,” starting Tuesday in Hartford, on how the nation's health care overhaul will affect people in Connecticut.
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Forum To Address Women's Health, Policies
MORE HEALTH-RELATED NEWS Women will have a chance to learn about how the federal health care law affects them, as well as women's policy in Connecticut, at the second annual Women's Policy Day.
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