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Youngkin wants to transform Virginia’s struggling behavioral health system

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Comment this story Comment Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed $230 million expansion of the state’s behavioral health system was met Thursday with applause and questions from reform supporters who wonder how the state will attract hundreds of healthcare providers during a historic labor shortage. Calling for a “revolution” in crisis services, Youngkin (R) on Wednesday proposed …

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Long Covid medical costs average $9,500 in first six months as patients become ‘health system vagabonds’

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Spirit Joos | Photodisc | Getty Images Long Covid results in $9,500 in total average medical costs for workers and their employers within six months of a diagnosis, according to research by Nomi Health. Long Covid is a chronic disease that can come with potentially debilitating symptoms, which can last for months or years. This …

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Youngkin reveals plan to improve behavioral health system

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – Governor Glenn Youngkin revealed a three-year plan to close treatment gaps in Virginia’s behavioral health system on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Governor Youngkin outlined his approach at Parham Doctors’ Hospital, Henrico County’s only crisis center. Youngkin said the state’s current system is failing to meet growing mental health needs. “We have a …

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RPT – China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID restrictions ease

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(Repeats for Asian morning readership. No text changes.) By Ella Cao and Ryan Woo BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next …

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China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID brakes fade

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BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next day abruptly relaxed the policy that made the world’s most populous country an outlier …

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Why 20 years in the SF system still wasn’t enough to solve his homelessness

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Chet Peeples was looking for a fresh start when he arrived in the Bay Area in the early 2000s. He was in his 40s and had racked up a string of felony convictions in his hometown of Memphis, including “attempted robbery, theft armed robbery, aggravated burglary, theft over $10,000 and auto theft,” he told me. …

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Oregon mental health system challenged to push patients out early – The Corvallis Advocate

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DCIM100MEDIADJI_0365.JPG Oregon State Hospital – and the state’s broader mental health system – is failing and unable to stop the cycle of people repeatedly not getting help until they be arrested, state lawmakers heard Thursday. The challenges are countless: people often cannot access the care they need until they are arrested and sent to the …

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Polish woman points finger at Maine mental health system for failing to prevent murder

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Yaicha Provencher wiped away tears on Monday after speaking to Augusta about her struggle to get mental health treatment for her former boyfriend, Justin Butterfield, 34, who was charged with murdering his brother in Poland last week. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal AUGUSTA — The former girlfriend of a Pole accused of murdering her brother on Thanksgiving …

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