House and Senate insurance panels this week approved bills that would require health insurers to provide a link to a website so customers can submit complaints about their ability to obtain care.
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CANANDAIGUA Ever feel depressed during the winter months? If so, you re not alone, according to Dr. Sudha Bakshi. With winter here to stay for the time being, many people are wrestling with what she terms the winter blues. The winter blues doesn t have a formal diagnosis, but it is very real, Bakshi said.
She noted how people experiencing this might feel very lonely, along with picking up certain habits like an increase in eating or a disrupted sleep schedule. But the psychiatrist and medical director for behavioral health at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield said those experiencing the blues should consider it as a normal reaction and not be so hard on yourself.
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New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.
Working in a mouse model, Rachel Schroeder, a student in the UI Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, drew a connection between the work of her two mentors, Hanna Stevens, MD, PhD, UI associate professor of psychiatry and Ida P. Haller Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Andrew A. Pieper, MD, PhD, a former UI faculty member, now Morley-Mather Chair of Neuropsychiatry at Case Western Reserve University and Investigator and Director of the Neurotherapeutics Center at the Harrington Discovery Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
1. Health provisions in Cox’s budget
Governor Spencer Cox released his $21.7 billion FY 2022 budget proposal last week, calling for “opportunity for all” and focusing largely on education and the COVID-19 response. The budget allocates $250 million to COVID-19 response efforts, with $100 million for public health, $100 million toward short-term economic response, and $50 million toward critical education needs.
Other health-related investments include: $1.2 billion for Medicaid & other social services, $125 million for rural infrastructure such as broadband, $3.3 million to recruit and retain frontline social service and state hospital workers, and $2.3 million to strengthen the state’s behavioral health system. Appropriations subcommittees began their work this week to hash through the state’s spending plan.
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We are hosting our Convening Panel next month ahead of our 2021 Maryland State of Reform Health Policy Conference on May 13th. Like our Convening Panel meeting, our conference will be virtual this year.
The job of the Convening Panel is to help identify the right topics, sessions and speakers for the conference. So, if you have ideas for sessions or speakers at this year’s event, we’d love to get your input. We crowdsource our speakers and sessions so that we have as many credible voices in the mix as is possible for a one day event.