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| A new study suggests dental therapists would boost dentists’ profits and help more Medicaid patients get care. So why are dentists so opposed to states’ efforts to license them? |
| A recent report seeks to help states and school districts updating their policies to avoid suspending students for bad behavior -- a practice studies show makes them more vulnerable to dropping out and getting in trouble with the law. |
| But it's unclear whether the savings will be enough to help hospitals offset cuts from the Affordable Care Act. |
News in Numbers 10 to 1 Ratio of seriously mentally ill people in U.S. state prisons and jails to those in state psychiatric hospitals. MORE NUMBERS |
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| Most college kids don't, but according to a new survey, women, minorities and community college students have more interest than others. |
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