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Monthly Archives: June 2008
NYT ♥ MA
Today’s NY Times lead editorial praises the Massachusetts health reform plan as providing “heartening evidence that national health care reform may be possible if sufficient skill and determination are applied to forge a political consensus.” Reviewing the recent studies on … Continue reading
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Health Reform Improves Care Access: the Numbers
The American Medical News rounds up the recent health reform research, and includes a several charts summarizing the findings in the Sharon Long’s Urban Institute/BCBS Foundation survey comparing health access in fall 2006 to fall 2007. Long’s access conclusion bears … Continue reading
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“It’s illegal for a music company to pay a radio dj to put songs on the radio, but when it comes to medicines that mean life and death, a doctor can take hundreds of thousands a year”
Last Thursday’s NPR radio show On Point covered the scandal of drug marketing. The main guest was journalist Melody Petersen, who has just written a book, “Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and … Continue reading
Disparities Council Meeting Monday
The next Health Disparities Council meeting (the group’s third meeting) will be on Monday, June 16th from 10-12pm on the 21st floor of One Ashburton Place. The Council is chaired by Senator Dianne Wilkerson and newly appointed co-chair Representative Byron … Continue reading
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Lowell Children’s Mental Health Forum
Children’s Mental Health Forum Friday, June 27, 2008 8:30 – 10:00am Lowell MSPCC Office 126 Phoenix Avenue Lowell, MA 01852 Get Directions Come meet with families, advocates and legislators to support the Children’s Mental Health Bill! For more information contact … Continue reading
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Brockton Children’s Mental Health Forum
Children’s Mental Health Forum Friday, June 20, 2008 10:00 – 11:30am Brockton Public Library 304 Main Street Brockton, MA Come meet with families, advocates and legislators to support the Children’s Mental Health Bill! For more information contact Matt Noyes, mnoyes@hcfama.org.
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CommCare Consumes Connector
It was mostly a CommCare kind of day at the June 12 Connector Board meeting. The board also discussed lingering issues they’ll be delving into over the summer and their FY08 budget. A key focus was the CommCare enrollment process. … Continue reading
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Children’s Mental Health Campaign Meeting
CMHC – July Meeting 9:30am – July 8, 2008 Health Care For All 30 Winter Street 9th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Tuesday, July 8 9:30-11 AM 30 Winter Street, 9th Floor, Boston Contact Matt Noyes for more information mnoyes@hcfama.org
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Unnatural Causes – A Free Documentary
5:30pm – 8:45pm June 18, 2008 City Stage One Columbus Center Springfiled, MA 01103 UNNATURAL CAUSES Is inequality making us sick? A groundbreaking documentary series exploring America’s racial and socioeconmic inequities in health. Please join the cities of Springfield and … Continue reading
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Children’s Mental Health in the News
This week, there were two articles published in local papers highlighting the need for reform of the Massachusetts’ children’s mental health system. On Monday, the Salem News ran a letter from Dr. Walter Harrison, a pediatrician and the chair of … Continue reading
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