[A Citizen Reporter]

"Every adult with a serious mental illness or child with a serious emotional disturbance must have an individualized plan of care coordinating services among programs and across agencies."

Saber:"So again, how do we find "every adult with a serious mental illness or child with a serious emotional disturbance" without universal screening?

Bay Buchanan ain't got nothin' on your polemics, Saber. No matter how many times you repost the same thing, time and time and time again.

Let me ask you this. If the President had said:

"Every adult with cancer must have an individualized plan of care coordinating services among programs and across agencies."

Would you have assumed that he was proposing every American to have federally subsidized cancer screenings?

On second thought, maybe you shouldn't answer that.

[Sabertooth]

No matter how many times you repost the same thing, time and time and time again.

It's a nervous reflex I have, when my questions are begged.

Let me ask you this. If the President had said:

"Every adult with cancer must have an individualized plan of care coordinating services among programs and across agencies."

Would you have assumed that he was proposing every American to have federally subsidized cancer screenings?

Probably not, since I haven't made that claim with mental illness. I've noted several times that President Bush would like to impose a mandate on private insurance companies to pick up part of the tab.

What I would ask, regarding your cancer hypothetical, is if "every adult with cancer must have an individualized plan of care coordinating services among programs and across agencies," how can that be done without universal screening for cancer?

I don't see another way, do you?