HHS passes trillion milestone
Those include an assortment of reductions affecting service providers, from hospitals to rehab centers to drug companies. Obama also called for stepped-up … But the president did not spare beneficiaries from proposed cuts and cost-shifts. Obama …
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Where would the money go if the criminal justice sales tax is approved?
Mental Health Court and diversion: District Court judge and probation officer, prosecutor and public defender, chemical dependency professional, peer support specialist, treatment cost support for participants (supplementing insurance where needed and …
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Police slow 'rivers of grog' but hospital admissions rise
MICHAEL COGGAN: When the mandatory alcohol rehabilitation centre in Darwin opened last July, it was estimated to cost around $ 40,000 to put someone through the treatment program. More than 200 people have been ordered into mandatory rehab, but …
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