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Other ethnographic studies find evidence that criminal related drug possession laws further serve to increase improperly disposed of needles, and decreasing the severity of possession laws may positively impact proper syringe disposal, this corroborates the CDC's own guidelines on syringe disposal, which claim "Studies have found that syringe ...
Giving clean syringes to people who inject drugs has been found to curb the spread of disease. But syringe programs are being banned in many California communities. The state is fighting back.
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It is projected that in fiscal year 2015, that Covered California will have a multimillion-dollar deficit. [24] The fiscal year 2015-2016 was the last year that Covered California used federal establishment funds. The government extended funding for that year and gave approximately $100 million.
This model compares real-time data sets of insurance coverage in 2014 to a baseline scenario without ACA coverage. By doing so, the model can project future enrollment numbers in California health programs. According to this model, at some point in time, an estimated 1.1 to 1.3 million Californians will be enrolled in Covered California.
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The CDC defines needle exchange programs (NEP), also known as syringe services programs, as "community-based programs that provide access to sterile needles and syringes free of cost and facilitate safe disposal of used needles and syringes". [316] NEP were first established in the US in the late 1980s as a response to the HIV pandemic.
Californians pay the highest marginal state income tax rate in the country — 13.3%, according to Tax Foundation data. But California has a graduated tax rate, which means your rate increases ...