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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 04:25 PM
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Mental Health Parity Act of 2007
Edited on Fri Nov-30-07 04:27 PM by CorpGovActivist
I wonder how today's news will affect the subcommittee markup of this act.

CNN has run some sensitive, in-depth segments on related issues.

As on so many other issues, a tip of the hat to the Gores is warranted.

- Dave
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 04:32 PM
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1. Yes, it is. K&R
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 04:33 PM
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2. the guy supposedly wants to be "hospitalized" according to the chatter on MSNBC
pretty farking bad when you have to take hostages to get mental health hospitalization.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 04:43 PM
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4. It wouldn't be the first time I've seen people do pretty extreme stuff
to get themselves hospitalized.
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 04:48 PM
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5. States and Localities...
... suffer severe strain from this, too.

- Dave
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 06:38 PM
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9. That's where the problem mostly is.
Counties don't have the funds to provide appropriate care to the indigent mentally ill. And--surprise, surprise--most chronically mentally ill people are indigent.
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Mike03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 04:34 PM
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3. Good. It would be encouraging to see progress on this front.
K&R
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 05:27 PM
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6. Agreed; Sometimes It Takes a High-Profile Story...
... to unbottle the mark-up process.

- Dave
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 05:30 PM
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7. Bravo to Gore on this, a VERY important issue...
but do keep in mind that actually there are many mentally ill people who DON'T want to be hospitilized and thats a bigger and more dangerous problem IMHO---I do speak from personal experience here.:(
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 05:36 PM
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8. You're Right...
... and it's sad to see how insidious it can be.

My sister works in the field.

- Dave
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 06:42 PM
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10. I used to have the sad job of doing a lot of commitment evaluations.
Not so much anymore, due to the drying up of funds. According to WI law, a person had to pose a substantial risk to themselves or others (and had to be treatable) in order to be committed. Now we just don't do it very much. I'm sure there were people committed wrongly, but by and large the system worked humanely.
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CorpGovActivist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 09:04 PM
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11. It Takes a Very Special, Compassionate Person...
... to work in the system for very long.

- Dave
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-02-07 12:43 AM
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12. kick
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