Uninsured hospital admissions drop as Medicaid expands
A government DHHS report finds uninsured hospital admissions fall about 30 percent in states expanding Medicaid under the health care law, with uncompensated care costs $5.7 billion lower in 2014. The finding aims to sway states resisting expansion amid ongoing Obama administration pressure. Also reports on a suspect in the Blooming Grove trooper ambush seen near officers and a ransom paid for journalist Michael Moore in Somalia.
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Washington
Department of Health and Human Services
District of Columbia
Blooming Grove
Pennsylvania
Eric Frein
George Bivens
Frein
Bivens
Bryan Dickson
Mogadishu
Somalia
Michael Scott Moore
U.S
Moore
Germany
Foreign Ministry
Kenya
Denver students protest new history standards across suburbs
About 1000 high school students in suburban Denver joined a Wednesday demonstration. They gathered at a busy intersection for roughly three hours chanting Education without limitation and waving signs and flags in opposition to a conservative school board plan emphasizing patriotism and respect for authority.
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Denver
Domestic violence trends and the Ray Rice debate
A review of U S intimate partner violence shows a long term decline since the 1990s but a stall in progress around 2013 14. The Ray Rice case spurred renewed public discussion while shelters and hotlines struggle with demand and resources.
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Baltimore Ravens
Ray Rice
National
Katie Ray-Jones
Domestic violence decline slows in recent years
A report notes the dramatic drop in domestic violence during the 1990s slowed in recent years. It highlights the continuing need for policy, enforcement, and support services to reduce harm and protect victims.
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Janet Lauritsen
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Kim Gandy
NFL
Gandy
Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead in Guinea
A Red Cross team collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola was attacked in Forecariah Guinea. One worker wounded in the neck, while family members and locals damaged vehicles and police buildings. The incident highlights rising resistance complicating outbreak control across Guinea Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Conakry
Guinea
Red Cross
West Africa
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Senegal
Meredith Stakem
Catholic Relief Services
Carpentier
Italy rehearses Ebola evacuation drill at Pratica di Mare
A simulated Ebola patient is moved from a C-27J aircraft to an ambulance and then a mobile isolation ward at Pratica di Mare base. The drill trains Italian military Red Cross and health workers for onshore care and sea-rescue operations amid migrant arrivals while officials stress low transmission risk and call for improved EU coordination.
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Pratica
Europe
Natale Ceccarelli
Pratica di Mare Air Force Base
Rome
Ceccarelli
Marijuana legalization push begins in California 2016
The Marijuana Policy Project filed to create a campaign committee to fund a California recreational marijuana initiative for the November 2016 ballot. Leaders say they will build a broad coalition to address concerns and bank on a presidential election year turnout.
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San Francisco
California
Marijuana Policy Project
Secretary of State
Colorado
Washington
U.S
Rob Kampia
Washington, D.C
Emerald Triangle
Mason Tvert
Tvert
League of California Cities
Tim Cromartie
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