Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Many Utahns to lose mental health services
Story in the Deseret News - "Nearly 10 percent of poor Utahns who receive government mental health services could lose them because of changes in the federal rule over how Medicaid dollars are spent. In the next six months, a projected 4,332 residents — 825 of them children — will not receive treatment at the 11 public mental health centers across the state, administrators say. At Central Utah Counseling, 300 people who have received services for years have already been turned away because the center can only afford to treat those who are eligible under the joint state/federal Medicaid insurance plan."