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Obama admin announces push on mental health care (Sebelius' big announcement)
The Washington Examiner ^ | November 8, 2013 | SUSAN FERRECHIO

Posted on 11/08/2013 10:11:24 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

The Obama administration, fresh off an apology from President Obama to Americans who are losing their current health plans under his new health care law, forged ahead Friday with rules that place mental health and substance abuse care on equal footing with medical and surgical benefits.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the “historic” step in Atlanta alongside former first lady Rosalynn Carter — a longtime champion for mental health research — in a nod toward the generation-long effort to make sure millions of Americans with behavioral health problems get the same care as patients with physical issues.

“For way too long, the health care system has openly discriminated against people with behavioral health problems,” Mrs. Sebelius said on a conference call with reporters.

The announcement marks movement on one of 23 executive actions that Vice President Joe Biden developed to address gun violence in the wake of the December 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; mentalhealth; obamacare; reeducation; sebelius; substanceabuse
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To: Red Badger

Thanks for the link!


41 posted on 11/08/2013 12:09:17 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They could start by fencing in D.C. for the protection of the rest of the country.


42 posted on 11/08/2013 12:26:42 PM PST by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: patriotsoul

I think it’s about time for you and your husband to take a short boating trip with all his weapons. Wink, wink. If I had gummint shrinks pestering me that way, I’d do something to relieve the pressure pronto, before the SWAT teams show up.


43 posted on 11/08/2013 12:42:35 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (We're At That Awkward Stage: It's too late to vote them out, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: Cyber Liberty
Think of it...how many of you know a psychologist, psychiatrist or mental health counselor and feel that THEY are the one who has “problems”? There is a shortage of mental health professionals already. Many of them are poorly trained or charlatans or both. Good luck.
44 posted on 11/08/2013 1:38:30 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Affluent Liberals love mental health treatments by psychiatrists and psychologists. They can sit and talk all day about their shrink.

Watch the cost of this program go through the roof. There is a financial reason why most group and individual policies have limitations on this kind of coverage. It is a

It gives Liberals some status as being able to afford hours spent talking about themselves.

Poor people don’t have time to lay on the couch. They have to keep working to take care of their families.


45 posted on 11/08/2013 2:10:52 PM PST by wildbill
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

First step toward getting full disability paychecks sent out to a third of the population.


46 posted on 11/08/2013 4:41:46 PM PST by LibWhacker
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