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Morning Read: Obamacare debate comes home to the North Country

I don’t often use the morning read to point In Boxers back toward NCPR’s own stuff, but this morning we have a pair of stories that give new context to the Obamacare debate as it shapes our lives locally. Julie Grant talks with one of...

Clumsily, noisily, the American system works…again

Once again last week, we saw the clumsy, grinding machinery of American democracy at work. After months of debate, Congress passed a healthcare reform bill. The President of the United States signed it. Then, after states filed lawsuits, and a...

Top Adirondack health provider gives cautious praise for Obamacare decision

This statement was released Thursday by Adirondack Health CEO Chandler Ralph, whose hospitals, clinics and nursing homes provide healthcare to much of the Adirondack North Country: “Today’s ruling from the Supreme Court affirms the extension of...

NY-21: What Obamacare ruling means for North Country politics

The 5-to-4 decision on Obamacare will resonate powerfully this summer and fall as the NY-21 congressional race unfolds, with Matt Doheny (R-Watertown) and Bill Owens (D-Plattsburgh) forced to get much more specific about healthcare policy. Until...

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State Grant Will Spur Health Care Training

by Jody Tosti

Apr 04, 2002 — A $200,000 state grant will provide job training for North Country youths while helping fill gaps in the health care industry. The money will be used for a training program for 45 students who want to become Certified Nursing Assistants. Martha Foley reports. Go to full article

State Nursing Home Grant Could Be Mixed Blessing

by Brian Mann

Feb 18, 2002 — New York Health Commissioner Antonia Novello visited Saranac Lake Friday, to announce a $700,000 grant for the Adirondack Medical Center. The money is part of a statewide effort to close a shortage in healthcare workers at hospitals and nursing homes. But a spokesman for one of the North Country's largest nursing homes says the grant program could actually cost them money. Brian Mann explains. Go to full article

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