State dentists lobby is blocking low-cost care
Dental health for the poor is a big problem in Washington state. Some see dental therapists — licensed professionals who
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Issues
November 6, 2015 WA St Legislature Joint Comm On Veterans & Military Affairs
Joint Committee On Veterans’ and Military Affairs agenda 11-6-15 WAStLeg-JCVMA 2015 Joint Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs 12-16-2015 agenda
Read MoreAfter the Asylum: How America’s Trying to Fix Its Broken Mental Health System
Patients with mental illness are being detained in emergency rooms, often for weeks at a time. Now some states are
Read MoreMore Than A Name Change At Stake In Group Health-Kaiser Deal
If Kaiser Permanente wins approval to acquire Group Health, it will mark more than the loss of another Seattle institution.
Read MoreKarma Bites Back: Hating on the elderly may put you at risk of Alzheimer’s
Next time you’re stuck behind a slow-moving older person and find yourself entertaining negative stereotypes about aging, consider this: A
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Senior Group Examines Statewide Progress, Challenges
Senior Group Examines Statewide Progress, Challenges by Janine Gates (click to read article)
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Financial Abuse of the Elderly: Sometimes Unnoticed, Always Predatory
Mariana Cooper, 86,with her granddaughter, Amy Lecoq, 39. Ms. Cooper was bilked out of much of her savings by someone
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