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Health workers may organize (The Columbus Dispatch)
Gov. Ted Strickland signed an executive order yesterday giving Ohio’s 7,000 independent home health-care workers the right to select a bargaining representative.
County’s new mental-health provider assumes clinic leases (The Arizona Republic)
The company taking over the public mental-health system in Maricopa County has agreed to pay ValueOptions $10.5 million to assume clinic leases and other assets, a deal expected to make the transition to the new provider easier on some of the county’s most vulnerable residents.
Health centers offer safety net but struggle with rising demand (USA Today)
Americans are used to hearing bad news about their health care system that millions of people lack health insurance and medical costs are spinning out of control. But amid those trends is evidence that a vital and often overlooked health care safety net is performing effectively and efficiently.