MDPH Massachusetts Loan Repayment Program

09/27/2013

Helpful Q&A for folks who are buying their own health insurance through new exchanges:

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/07/01/qa-buying-your-own-health-insurance/?mod=e2tw

People have lots of questions today about what will happen to the amount they pay for insurance this fall, when the federal health-care law's insurance marketplaces open, selling individual policies subject to the new requirements of the law. And we have answers.

09/26/2013

Folks are lining up to talk to our speakers, including Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative CEO Marci Nielsen.

09/26/2013

New Insights into the Massachusetts Health Care Workforce:

http://blog.mass.gov/publichealth/careers-in-primary-care/new-insights-into-the-massachusetts-health-care-workforce/

In 2010 the Massachusetts Health Workforce Center, in collaboration with the Primary Care Office, the Division of Health Professions Licensure, and other key stakeholders launched the Health Workforce Data Collection Initiative.

09/26/2013

The New Asylums: Jails Swell With Mentally Ill
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323455104579012664245550546?mg=reno64-wsj.html?dsk=y

Treatment Behind Bars: America's three biggest jail systems, with more than 11,000 prisoners under treatment on any given day, represent by far the largest mental-health treatment facilities in the country.

09/25/2013

MacArthur named its 2013 class of MacArthur Fellows, recognizing 24 exceptionally creative individuals with a track record of achievement and the potential for even more significant contributions in the future.

09/24/2013

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09/24/2013

Here Are Just a Few of the Many Types of Local Organizations Planning to Host National Women's Health & Fitness Day Events.

09/23/2013

As the global cost of obesity approaches $700 billion, international bank Credit Suisse puts an economist's eye to the science of soda, table sugar versus high-fructose corn syrup, the increasing size of humans, and what's to be done.

09/23/2013

The warnings came amid reports of high-pressure sales tactics and efforts to obtain personal information from consumers in advance of the opening...

09/23/2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/23/health/lower-health-insurance-premiums-to-come-at-cost-of-fewer-choices.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

09/23/2013

At TEDMED Rebecca Onie describes Health Leads, an organization that does just that -- and does it by building a volunteer base as elite...

09/23/2013

What state you live in will impact how you experience Obamacare. Read more here:

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There is just one federal health law, but the way Americans experience the debut of its main provisions on Oct. 1 will vary widely depending on where they live.