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Letter from Bazelon: Alabama’s Mental Health Funding Crisis
Interesting letter to Governor Bentley from the Bazelon people. This is the law firm involved in the Wyatt vs. Stickney case– if you don’t know about that, there is some good background on it by Dr. Fuller Torrey’s group. It is the … Continue reading
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Waiting– and Ready– for Real Healthcare Reform
Big news this week– the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the individual mandate to buy health insurance unconstitutional. Although they didn’t invalidate the rest of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), if the ruling stands it will … Continue reading
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letter to editor
In case you don’t get the Huntsville Times, thought you might like to read the letter from me they published today. http://blog.al.com/times-views/2011/02/letters_to_the_editor_huntsvil_346.html
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Criminalization of the Mentally Ill
This post is not from either a left or right political perspective– it is political only in one of Webster’s definitions of politics as the total complex of relations between all people in a society. But as a NAMI member (National … Continue reading
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Part 13
This week, I’m looking at Section 2951, Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs. This is really a public health section, but if public health is well-funded and well done, we can make some inroads into cost control. In … Continue reading
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Part 12
I have four sections to review today– one with more to talk about and then three brief ones about the Indian Health Service. If you have time please read the last part also, because I am uncertain about some of … Continue reading
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Casting Out Demons: A New Metaphor for Eliminating Private Health Insurance
Just got back Sunday from a PNHP planning meeting in Chicago– a very intense, all day event, packed with ideas and information. I’m still working to digest it all and figure out how to incorporate it into what I’m doing. … Continue reading
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Patient Protection [Not] and [Un]affordable Care Act, Part 10
How do you like my new name for the law? At our PNHP meeting, the abbreviation PPACA was proposed, but I thought this was pretty cool. I reviewed Section 2703 today. This is a state option to provide “health homes” … Continue reading
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Part 8
I took a hiatus from blogging for beautiful weather, but I did go through Section F on Medicaid Prescription drug coverage. I will be interested to see how this part winds up working, because so much of it depends on … Continue reading
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Part 7
Really interesting section today– pp 461-487. This is all about long term care, and I think addressing the poor quality/ availability of long term care for our elderly and those with disabilities is long, long overdue. So far this is one of the … Continue reading
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