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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... mental health services by 2012, according to a report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Alan Judd and Andy Miller.But members of Gov. Sonny Perdue’s mental health commission and a growing number of state legislators have doubts about the proposal. They are correctly demanding more public participation in DHR’s privatization plans, which have been largely hashed out behind the...
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Georgia plans risky step even amid federal investigation of bungled cases. By Alan Judd, Andy Miller - September 21, 2008 Georgia is preparing to let for-profit companies take over much of its troubled mental health system, even though little evidence suggests privatization would save much money or improve care. The state plans to privatize one of its seven psychiatric hospitals, possibly...
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
By Alan Judd, Andy Miller Georgia may turn some of its troubled state psychiatric hospitals over to private operators as it prepares to make deep cuts in mental health spending. The proposed reductions —- as much as 10 percent, or $77.5 million, for the fiscal year that ends June 30 —- come as state officials try to avoid a costly settlement with the federal government over deadly and...
