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TRUST NEWS:
No Longer Hidden Health Crisis
The Denver Post
In 2003, a report was published that outlined Colorado's fragmented and underfunded systems for delivering mental health care. At the time, many were shocked to learn that one in five Coloradans needed mental health treatment, but only one-third of them received it.
Additional Trust media coverage
OTHER HEALTH NEWS:
Health Law Challenge Gets A Dry Run At Georgetown Law
Kaiser Health News
If a healthy, wealthy young man lives in a hut out in the American wilderness, should he have to buy health insurance? That was one of many questions brought up Wednesday, when the Georgetown University law school held a mock version of the upcoming oral arguments for the Supreme Court’s consideration of the 2010 health law.
Health Law Delivers $2.1 Billion in Savings on Drugs for Seniors
Los Angeles Times
In the first full year of the new healthcare law, 3.6 million people in the government Medicare program saved $2.1 billion on prescription drugs in 2011, the Obama administration announced Thursday.
Colorado Lawmakers Delay Considering Nation’s Toughest Restrictions on Trans Fats at Schools
The Washington Post
The nation’s leanest state is taking its sweet time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools.
Komen Gives New Explanation for Cutting Funds to Planned Parenthood
The Washington Post
Executives of the Susan G. Komen Foundation gave a new explanation Thursday of their decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, but their contradictory statements failed to quell a rising controversy that led several of the organization’s affiliates to openly rebel.