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Valerie Bauman: Federal Money Adds 24 New Medical Residencies In Washington State’s Most Doctor-Starved Regions
As of this year, 24 new primary care residency spots will have been created in Washington through a five-year federal program dedicated to getting doctors to regions that need it most. The latest influx of federal money is $6.3 million, reported earlier this week, more than the combined $2.55 million that the program provided for Washington residencies between 2011-2013. Each new residency position is the equivalent of a three-year, guaranteed residency spot for one new doctor. It’s never been more important for Washington to grow its pipeline of new doctors, particularly in underserved urban and rural areas. The state’s projected doctor shortage has Washington State University considering opening its own medical school in Spokane.
It is unique because it partners medical residents with community health clinics that typically work with low-income or underserved populations. It benefits the resident by giving a new doctor real world experience, and helps communities by getting more doctors where they are needed most. The program was created in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act, and brought the first round of new residency spots to Washington in 2011. Initially, Yakima and Ellensburg received the funding for residents, but as more money has come in through the program, it’s been expanded to Tacoma, Spokane and to the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority.
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The Obama Diary 
Obama’s Fault:) 🙂 🙂
U.S. Seen as Biggest Oil Producer After Overtaking Saudi Arabia
The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery, Bank of America Corp. said.
U.S. production of crude oil, along with liquids separated from natural gas, surpassed all other countries this year with daily output exceeding 11 million barrels in the first quarter, the bank said in a report today. The country became the world’s largest natural gas producer in 2010. The International Energy Agency said in June that the U.S. was the biggest producer of oil and natural gas liquids.
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-04/u-s-seen-as-biggest-oil-producer-after-overtaking-saudi.html
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Congrats on 1st Kasai!!!
Here’s another “Obama’s Fault” ….
Thank you, NW, for continuing to update on the expanding success of #Obamacare
Hi, kasai:) Saw your post on the last thread and NW was quick with the new one! Congrats on first…my weekend is fine. Just came back from breakfast with my son…hanging inside because its so blinking hot outside. Ah. Summer in the desert. {{{kasai}}} Hugs to you, too!!
Cool, glad you chilling inside:-)
Enjoy!
🙂 Truly, we live like vampires here in the summer…we stay inside in the daytime and come out at night or at least after the sun goes down. Next week…I see 114 degrees. Seriously. Not. Happy.
Oh My!! 114 – I am in So Cal for me 90 it’s too hot, I can’t even imagine 114. Glad you have a pool..
I see vampires swimming at night:-)
The pool is now “blood water”…that’s what we call it now because its about 94 degrees in the pool….so even that is nasty now…skinny dipping at night is good though…
🙂 hope it gets better!
DF, that is truly punishing weather that would only the bravest souls can endure. I feel for road crews or builders who have to work outside in that heat. Does all outdoor work take place at night?
No..they all work in the day…just get used to it after awhile, I guess:)
Kasai takes the gold! Congrats! 🙂
Thank you my friend:-) Was praying Danny wouldn’t let me in…
Kasai – you came up aces!
No Way!!!!
Really!!!
Yep!!! My ‘congrats’ is awaiting moderation 🙂
Thank you! Thank you! Sir Bob:-)
🙂
No Really! 🙂
I think my PC playing tricks on me…2x in one day?
Kasai, if you stop scoring, maybe Brazil might have a go at it! Congrats…again!
I’m gonna call & tell them who stole their GOOOAAALLLS 🙂
😀 😀
Teeehehehehe…
What you do to them Gail??? I didn’t see ya cheering?
shh. meant to say…What did you do to them??
How can I? You keep stealing Brazil GOOOAAALLS! 😀
Shhhh…What’s her name..Dilma Rousseff..President may start sending spies to track me down.
I fear for Brazilians…all that $$$$ SMH? I wouldn’t have ever imagined USA could do better…
Track you down? Shoot, I’m sending them directly to your website. Look, you’ve scored twice, they’re losing by two goals – YOU do the math sister. LOL!
LOL!!
I hope with all of my heart that Governor O’Malley runs and wins. Only he and Joe Biden can carry the mantle of President Obama.
Agreed. Vote for that in a NY minute!
Love O’Malley. Love Biden.
I see that some in the media are framing O’Malley’s position as “opposition to the WH” but as far as I know, Gov O’Malley’s potential 2016 rivals are not going to be the current WH – but whoever else is running for President in 2016. Furthermore, the WH’s position is far more nuanced than what HRC said.
hj2, they can frame all they want but it’s obvious that PBO and Gov O’Malley are very closely aligned and deeply respect each other.
hf2 not hj2!!! Sorry about that, friend 🙂
No worries Dr! 🙂
Exactly! No two individuals agree 100% on every issue, but these two are as close as you can get on many key issues.
Bobfr, you are a man filled with so much wisdom. I so respect your insightfulness and long term thinking for what is best for our nation. Bobfr. HZ
You are so kind, HZ. Thank you!!
Bravo, Bob! Wonder if they (Boehner, McConnell, Hill) will send the knife back after they read this and pull it out of their jugular? Figuratively, of course.
🙂
Yes, I’m really liking him.
Dudette…I thought we supposed to have a **Warning** sign with this pic:-)
LOL! Sorry, I didn’t know about that one, K. Hope your heart has recovered. 🙂
LOL! Phewwwwwwwwwww…just recovered had to look away:-)
Bob & Dudette
Back to back … smart men
Thank you both for the eye candy 🙂
😀
Bob…hubby is in Seattle now…lovin’ life! I could tell by the sound of his voice on the phone last night that he is so happy to be in the Pacific NW…really, his favorite place to be:) I can guarantee you its not PHX in the summer! He saw Mt. Rainer, Shasta, Hood, St Helen’s…all of them on the clear flight he had to WA….send pics to me. Absolutely breathtaking!
It is a stunningly beautiful place to live, df, and I’m glad he’s having the opportunity to enjoy it. The thought of summer in PHX literally takes my breath away! Hope you’re able to join him on some of his jaunts to the PNW – especially in the summer!
Unfortunately, no 😦 I tutor over the summer, so….too bad for me.
But, very fortunate for your students!!!
See Gail..This what happens when you’re not out there cheering…You need to fly out and give them a hug for all of us.
I DO feel bad for Neymar and Brazil. Will be cheering for Argentina tomorrow.
Me too:-(
As bad as they played in these last two games, gives one the impression that it was planned this way.
Nerdy, when the history of ACA is written, I hope that you will be remembered as one of the fierce, relentless warriors who helped make it a success. You’ve brought it home here– time and time again– that this is one of the truly great and lasting legacies of the Obama administration. When I hear people say they don’t understand, don’t know enough about, or “don’t get” the impact of ObamaCare, I always tell them that this is the place where it all becomes clear. Thank you for never, never giving up.
Cosign.
Cosign x 2 🙂
I thank you so very much for the kind words and for the positive feedback on all my ObamaCare posts.
I just loooooooooooooove the law and its wonderful impact on millions of lives.
Another uplifting, heart-warming, gorgeous Obamacare post Nerdy, love ya gal!! Thank you.
Thanks, Chiparoo. 🙂
Hear hear!! Thanks a million to NW and Chips’ other BTs.
Definitely! Well said.
That’s it.
Ned, GOOOOAAALLL
Evidently, NED came to win, even if it is ‘3rd place’ 🙂
Yup! they never gave up Bob.
So, to recap: Brazil has had 10 goals scored on it in the past two games. O jogo bonito will take a while to recover in the land of the samba.
UN security council calls for Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire
As Israel widens air assault on Gaza, UN statement calls for resumption of Middle East peace talks
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/12/un-security-council-gaza-ceasefire-call?CMP=twt_gu
It’s true what they say about Michelle Obama. She has amazing arms. I saw this up close when she unfurled her bare right limb in front of me Thursday night, while the two of us were doing tapas at the jumping Barcelona on 14th Street NW.
Clearly the first lady works out, clearly she moisturizes and clearly L’Oréal should hire her as its pitchwoman after she leaves 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. “Ma’am, you rock,” I wanted to tell her, even though I was seated a table away from her party of eight, which included White House chef Sam Kass, and was separated by a table occupied by two Secret Service agents. (They ate, too, but didn’t drink anything stronger than soda.)…
…My first instinct was to tweet the sighting — #TheSheBearIsLoose. My second impulse was to give the first lady, who enjoyed wine and dessert during dinner, her privacy. As it should, my news sense prevailed. I had a third thought, too: Draped across a companion’s chair, Michelle Obama’s arm was the best review Solidcore — the workout studio that the first lady reportedly frequents — could ever hope for.
That was a lovely link – thanks LP
I applaud all the teams who made it this far. Now on to the final game tomorrow. 🙂 May the best team win.
That is just beautiful, Chips – the image and your words!
Always!
Wish I could RT this 1000 X
{{{Judith}}}
When it comes to Reporting the Truth on ACA, aka, ObamaCare, No one, I mean, No Body, does is better than our TODable Nerdy Wonka!
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You’re unbelievable. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Nena. 🙂
Kasai is the Gold Medalist. ⭐
Thank you Nena:-)
Was Brazil in some sort of a Trance? 10 goals in 4 days? I feel for the players. The 23 squad members were selected by someone from what…800….or so of their many National Teams and some how in a nation of 201M and a Host of the FIFA World Cup……This is their best? Wow, I was sad for them.
The heart breaker will be Argentina winning tomorrow. I have said this for a while now, I want Argentina to win tomorrow. Sorry my Brazilian Friends.
The delusion of one Bishop Willard Mitterrand Romney continues.
Please, proceed Governor.
I call it a Fool’s gold.
A painted sepulcher: Looks great on the outside, but the inside is Rotten to the core.
Please, go ahead and make it official, Bishop.
I would like to think the GOP could not be that stupid – but they are!
SIAP
meta! don’t excite Chips 😀
😆 That is magnificent!!!
OH. HELL. YES.
Imagining the reaction when I using this in addition to blocking nut jobs who flood my mentions will only make the block button that much sweeter.
These will make you chuckle too – a mini series, really. 😀
Yum! 😉
I love you guys! You know this is real!
twitter is the greatest medium for satire, irony and truth. Love both the rejoinders, too. What a world we live in!!!!
What?
I remember Fox went nuts after the 2008 Nov elections…… for one Voting Center in PA, there were 2 members of the New Black Panther…..they were standing outside the building. Fox used that pretentious visual to get MSM to buy in to Voter Fraud and intimidation. This helped to drive all these Voter Suppression laws when currently have in the books in at least 24 states now controlled by the GOP.
Now this?
What’s next a noose and a white hood. I guess the Tea Party doesn’t wear that hood anymore
sam wang:
‘ Greetings, everyone. This is for hardcore readers. I’m going to dispense with bells and whistles. We’re building things, so I’m not very chatty! I just thought I’d show you where things are at. Bottom line, Democrats have a 55% chance of control in an election held today. That is as close to a toss-up as it gets. The median result is 50 D/I seats, 50 R seats. ‘
he continues with details, and a view to his coverage from now till the election. even if you don’t trust polls, sam’s have been excellent predictors, and right now can show where to focus.
http://election.princeton.edu/2014/07/12/beta-output-senate-snapshot-12-july-2014/
If you have money to donate, concentrate on Begich in Alaska, Grimes in Kentucky, Braley in Iowa, Udall in Colorado, Nunn in Georgia, Pryor in Arkansas, and Landrieu in Louisiana. Sam doesn’t seem to think John Walsh has much chance in Montana of keeping that seat in Dem hands, but I’m giving him a bit here and there anyway. It boggles my mind that any voter not of the 1% would want to positively reinforce McConnell’s/GOP Caucus’ scorched earth obstruction.
of all the people Brazil’s leader, Pres. Dilma Vana Rousseff, could invite to the World Cup final, she chose pompous putin?
I will remember this as results of her re-election bid come in
Full Disclosure, I have never watched Seinfeld. Not once. But This is kind of cool.
When I began watching Seinfeld reruns I was puzzled as to why it was around in the first place, but man oh man did it suck me in. It’s a great show full of smack your head quotable moments and imagery.
Good move on the emoji.
All I want to know is if there is a ‘genuine’ roll your eyes emoji in the bunch.
can anyone here verify this turn of events?
any other reports of this?
New post.
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/07/12/140-characters-of-great-tweets/