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 NEWS OF NOTE
Health Reform Proving a Lifeline for the Uninsurable
New American Media, Peter Schurmann | Jan. 18
Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans are available now to protect people who are without health care because of pre-existing health conditions until the full provisions of the Affordable Care Act kick in.
What Obama's Gun Plan Means For Mental Health Care
Colorlines, Seth Freed Wessler | Jan. 17
While mental health seems to make its way to the top of the list of concerns after every mass shooting, it's not at all clear what psychiatric diagnoses, mental health care and gun violence have to do with each other.
Breaking Link of Violence and Mental Illness
The New York Times, Benedict Carey and Anemona Hartocollis | Jan. 16
Proposed policy actions to reduce gun violence include making use of mental health data and requiring therapists to report on any clients "likely to engage in" violent behavior. Several ideas discussed are deeply contentious and transcend political differences.
Law Expands Kids' Dental Coverage, But Few Dentists Will Treat Them
NPR/Kaiser Health News, Michelle Andrews | Jan. 15
The Affordable Care Act makes it easier for kids to get routine dental checkups, but but many children's health advocates worry that there won't be enough dentists available to meet the need.
Growing Concern Over Broken Adoptions
City Limits, Rachel Blustain | Jan. 14
For more than a decade, national child welfare policy has encouraged timely adoptions as a way to shorten the time children stay in foster care. But the system is challenged when a child's new home proves to be a bad fit.
Newtown Opens Eyes to Other Gun Violence Against Young People
CNN, Sarah Hoye | Jan. 14
Among America's largest cities, Philadelphia's homicide rate is the worst. And statistics suggest that a young black man has a greater chance of being shot in killed in Philadelphia than as a soldier in Afghanistan or Iraq, a youth advocate says. So where's the nation's outrage?
No Place to Call Home?
Chicago Tribune, Christy Gutowski | Jan. 8,
Due to a shortage of foster homes, many children in protective custody in Chicago have been forced to linger at an emergency shelter. A growing number of older teens with criminal histories are housed with much younger children--including babies.
Multi-Status Families Brace For Health Care Reform
KPBS, Heather Boerner | Jan. 7
The Affordable Care Act does not apply to undocumented immigrants--estimated to be about 11 million nationwide. Families with mixed-immigration status are finding themselves caught in a dilemma as some members of the family will get access to care, but undocumented family members will not.
The Long-Term Care Challenge
PBS Need to Know, Karla Murthy | Jan. 4
The unforeseen emotional and financial stresses of caring for aging parents.
The End of Spanking?
The Washington Post, Steve Hendrix | Jan. 3
Is spanking a child in the U.S. as common as vaccinating one? Thirty-three nations have banned corporal punishment of minors. One state legislator is calling for "a social movement against violence in the home."
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