There’s a new mobile dental-care program making the rounds in Toronto. Toronto Public Health has two vans with built-in dental clinics that are travelling around the city to provide care to seniors in 10 long-term care homes operated by the city. “Everything is on site, so it’s accessible, it’s timely and it’s free,” Dr. Karen Lee, a dentist with the mobile team, told CTV News Toronto Monday following an announcement about the program. The vans are equipped to handle patients using...
One of the greatest systemic failures in the U.S. is healthcare. Even after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act: + 26 million Americans, or 7.9% of the population, still lack health insurance. + 51% of working age adults have difficulties affording health insurance. + 38% of working age adults delayed or skipped needed More
Editor: You recently published several good articles demonstrating how little our state government cares about Pennsylvania’s citizens. Our Legislature passed Act 12, allowing municipal governments to receive substantial cash windfalls by abandoning their responsibilities for their water/sewage facilities and burdening residents with outrageously high rates, which the Public Utility Commission consistently allows to escalate. Why? […]
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A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year
A new rule in California aims to limit health care price increases to just 3% each year
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Oklahoma City police discovered the bodies of five people, including at least two children, inside a home on Monday, authorities said.
Oklahoma City police discovered the bodies of five people, including at least two children, inside a home on Monday, authorities said.