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Hazelden, the Betty Ford Center in talks to work together
MINNEAPOLIS, June 8 () -- Minnesota's Hazelden Foundation and California's Betty Ford Center confirm they are discussing a "formal alliance" in response to the Affordable Care Act.Once implemented in 2014, the Affordable Care Act will require insurers to sell plans on new state-based insurance exchanges that will cover substance abuse and mental health treatment as a covered service to millions more Americans.Hazelden and the Betty Ford Center didn't release details about the nature of their talks and declined to comment beyond a prepared statement. However, it's expected if the two organizations work together they would create more outpatient settings, not the cloistered stand-alone residential centers that draws celebrities and thousands of others to Hazelden and the Betty Ford Center, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.Hazelden, founded in a rural Minnesota farmhouse in 1949, is the larger of the two organizations, which share a similar, abstinence-based approach to treating drug and alcohol issues. Headquartered in Center City, Minn.,[url=http://www.suprashoesukvip.co.uk/]Supra Skytop[/url], Hazelden operates facilities in five states. It has broadened its focus to include bullying,[url=http://www.michaelkorscouponso.com/]michael kors coupon[/url], opened an apartment for university students in New York City, and broke ground on a residential and out-patient expansion in Plymouth for adolescents and young adults.The Betty Ford Center was founded in 1982 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., by the wife of former President Gerald Ford to tailor a drug-and-alcohol treatment program geared toward the needs of women. The Betty Ford Center also operates a children's program in Denver and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but its focus has remained on the 160-bed hospital located 2 hours east of Los Angeles.