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child and teen health
ER visits, long waits climb for kids in mental health crisis
Claire Brennan Tillberg’s 11-year-old daughter was one of those kids who sought care. The Massachusetts girl has autism, depression and anxiety, and has been hospitalized twice in recent months after revealing that she’d had suicidal thoughts. The second time, in September, she waited a week in an ER before being transferred to a different hospital. …
Officials worry about Nebraska children’s health care fund | Health
LINCOLN — A Nebraska state fund that pays for children’s health insurance, aid for people with developmental disabilities and more than 20 other government programs is slowly losing money and eventually will be depleted because lawmakers are withdrawing too much from the account, according to several top state officials. State officials said they’re concerned about …
