Judge rips state on care for mentally ill children
Ruling requires more home-based aid for the poor
Massachusetts has illegally forced thousands of mentally ill children ''to endure unnecessary confinement in residential facilities" because the state did not provide adequate care for them at home, a federal judge ruled yesterday, handing a major legal victory to advocates for low-income children who rely on the state-run Medicaid program for their healthcare. (Full article: 1059 words)
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