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Native American Healthcare Disparities: Challenges and Solutions

Relias

of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% had no coverage at all. with 34.3%

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What I Learned About Navigating the Mental Health System

Beautiful Voyager

I begin looking further into more advanced rehabs, but research has shown me that I couldn’t find one mental rehabilitation center that accepted Medicaid or Medicare in the US. Don’t get me wrong, I think these facilities treating addictions are important. This is a problem.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” She had a similar addiction to painkillers – and to booze as well. I treat far more complications from untreated diabetes in the NICU than I do from opioid use disorder. . ● The Imprint has a good round-up of research documenting the confusion of poverty with neglect. said Patrick. "I