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Report: Total spending due to '06 health care law in Massachusetts hit $1.95 billion in 2011 | masslive.com
masslive.com — “While overall Medicaid costs for low-income residents have soared over the past seven years, a new report suggests that the health care reform law signed in 2006 by then-Gov. Mitt Romney has had "modest" impact on state spending while helping to achieve near-universal coverage rates.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Massachusetts lawmakers debate medical marijuana | masslive.com
masslive.com — “A ballot question on the topic will be averted only if backers fail to collect 11,485 certified signatures by July 3 or if they drop their effort in deference to a plan on Beacon Hill to pass an alternative proposal – an option that appears unlikely at the moment.” View full resource at masslive.com
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MA Medical Society Medical Society
Massachusetts lawmakers debate medical marijuana http://t.co/qYIOKvyd
State education officials release 5-point improvement plan for Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Westfield schools | masslive.com
masslive.com — “The state has not done enough to close the learning gap between poor children and their more affluent peers.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Reach Out and Read Health Organization
Education officials release improvement plan for Springfield, Holyoke, Chicopee, Westfield schools via @masslivenews: http://t.co/B22T9T9f
More moms electing to use certified nurse midwives | masslive.com
masslive.com — “Some 300,000 U.S. women are said to partner with midwives.” View full resource at masslive.com
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ACNM Midwives Health Organization
“The word is spreading about the benefits of midwifery” http://t.co/HW5VgOE2
DEA rejects UMass Professor Lyle Craker's bid to grow marijuana for federally-regulated medical research | masslive.com
masslive.com — “The DEA has previously said that permitting anyone other than the government to grow marijuana would lead to greater illegal use of the drug.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Drug Policy Alliance Health Organization
How can the DEA claim #marijuana has no medical value and actively block scientific research on it!? Read this. http://t.co/v905AV9 #mmot
South Hadley teacher Deb Caldieri claims harassment and bullying from administrators after speaking out in wake of Phoebe Prince suicide | masslive.com
masslive.com — “Former Latin teacher Deb Caldieri claims her current condition and the chain of events that led her there were a result of her refusal to keep quiet following Prince's death.” View full resource at masslive.com
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UMass researchers seek senior citizens to help them study effects of age on reaction time | masslive.com
masslive.com — “The university is looking for people over 65 years old who would be willing to play the video game, Bejeweled Blitz.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Susan Krauss Whitbourne Doctor, Psychologist, and PhD
Looking for research subjects for #videogame study in Western Mass! http://t.co/7xngplJ #psych
Budget shortfall seen for insurance - MassLive.com
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Budget shortfall seen for insurance: LUDLOW - The Board of Selectmen and the School Committee will meet at 8:15 ... http://bit.ly/ljWNKb
$30 billion budget plan proposed - MassLive.com
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$30 billion budget plan proposed: BOSTON - Leaders of the Massachusetts Senate unveiled a $30.54 billion state b... http://bit.ly/mI6P1r
Allergy sufferers suffering: Tree pollen explodes in Pioneer Valley | masslive.com
masslive.com — “Allergy season is upon us as trees, in their mission to propagate, have become prolific pollen factories.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Allergy sufferers suffering: Tree pollen explodes in Pioneer Valley http://bit.ly/jMirUc
Inmate health-care costs rise; complaints about inadequate care expose taxpayers to even steeper long-term costs | masslive.com
masslive.com — “Massachusetts is spending nearly $100 million a year on prisoner health care - nearly double the cost from 2001.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Lorry Schoenly, PhD, RN Doctor, PhD, and Nurse
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Editorial: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack needs to take sides in ongoing food fight | masslive.com
masslive.com — “His failure to choose between organic farmers and producers of genetically modified foods effectively supports the latter group.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Doctors give booster shot to Western Massachusetts economy | masslive.com
masslive.com — “Statewide, there are 19,550 office-based physicians, supporting 112,224 jobs.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Physicians Practice Medical Journal
#Primarycare #physicians boost Western Massachusetts economy (@MassLive) http://bit.ly/eIbrTs
Massachusetts mental health care funding cutbacks worry counselors | masslive.com
masslive.com — “Nearly $85 million has been stripped from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health budget since 2009.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Massachusetts mental health care funding cutbacks worry counselors: As president and CEO of the Association for ... http://bit.ly/gB8aKM
Editorial: Medical devices must be safe for market | masslive.com
masslive.com — “The Food and Drug Administration is in the midst of overhauling its approval process for the first time in 35 years.” View full resource at masslive.com
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Drugs and Devices OW OW Health
Editorial: Medical devices must be safe for market: Suppose you learn from your cardiologist that you need a pac... http://bit.ly/fKU8WJ
