State’s financial picture gloomy
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee were given an overview of the state’s finances and projected budget shortfalls for the budget cycle during an all-day meeting Tuesday.

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www.balancedhealthtoday.com “Some parents have won court cases against insurance companies or state Medicaid programs to get the treatments covered. In Texas, hyperbaric activists helped enact a new law that they hoped would lead to insurance coverage for hyperbaric oxygen therapy in children. A bill in the California Legislature to require Medi-Cal reimbursement for hyperbarics is on hold. An Oklahoma congressman whose aide’s son reportedly improved after the therapy has helped push the agenda on a federal level, getting a nonbinding statement in support of the therapy included in last year’s appropriations bill for the National Institutes of Health. And last year’s Food and Drug Administration regulatory changes made it easier for chamber operators to treat a wider range of conditions. At the same time, a growing number of stand-alone hyperbaric centers have sprung up nationwide to meet the demand, which has created some concern in the mainstream hyperbaric medical community. The therapy is generally considered safe, but pure oxygen can pose a hazard, including the rare risk of seizure. “”We’re concerned about the cottage industry”" that has sprung up, said Donald Chandler, executive director of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society, which represents doctors trained in the use of the therapy. “”Some people look on it from the standpoint of money — they can make money by treating people in their garage. It has the potential to do a lot of damage.”" www …

No government anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the ’60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream.

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Lack of dental insurance a problem for millions
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Lack of dental insurance is an “endemic problem” that affects millions of people, largely those without jobs, health coverage or solid incomes. “It began with a toothache. Tori Pence, 23, could feel the hole that had suddenly developed on her tooth, and she couldn’t stand either hot or cold food.

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Coroner: Man killed mother-in-law, himself
An 84-year-old Montrose woman died of asphyxiation, a result of smothering, and her 61-year-old son-in-law shot himself in the head, the Montrose County Coroner’s Office said Monday. Jeanne L. Mennell’s death has been ruled homicide, while the death of her son-in-law, Mark A. Koeman, has been ruled suicide, the coroner’s office said.

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