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Month: March 2015

Families, whistleblowers and lawmakers call for greater accountability at the VA

Family members of those who died at the Tomah Veteran Affairs Medical Center and whistleblowers who said they faced retaliation for calling attention to the facility's alleged practices of overprescribing painkillers testified at a congressional hearing Monday. (WHN, 3/31)

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Timberlake: Health rankings “only a starting point”

This week, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released their 2015 County Health Rankings. The rankings started as a project of the institute 12 years ago to show how the health of Wisconsinites varies within the state's borders and to spur local improvement efforts. (WHN, 3/27)

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Rankings put Ozaukee County best, Milwaukee and Menominee worst for health outcomes and factors

Ozaukee County was ranked the best in health outcomes and factors among Wisconsin's 72 counties, according to the 2015 County Health Rankings released Wednesday by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (WHN, 3/25)

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Number of people going to ER for dental problems on the rise

Shamane Mills of Wisconsin Public Radio reports: "A study from the Health Policy Institute shows dental care in the emergency room is growing faster than overall ER visits, making it hard to contain health costs as emergency rooms across the U.S. are seeing more patients with painful tooth problems." (WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, 3/24)

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Questions about long-term care proposals still unanswered, says Nygren

Bill Martens of Wisconsin Public Radio reports: "The co-chair of the state's Joint Finance Committee said Monday that if lawmakers don't get satisfactory answers to questions about Gov. Scott Walker's plans for long-term care programs, approval is unlikely." (WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO, 3/24)

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