Groups lay out plan to transform U.S. mental health
From the, it’s so broken, can anything really fix it? file…
The United States can start to transform its fragmented mental health care system requiring insurers to treat mental illnesses like any other disease, a group of 16 organizations proposed on Wednesday.
The coalition of groups laid out a 28-point “road map” for Congress and the administration
“We proposed quite a few changes which we believe can be done in the short term,” Charles Konigsberg, director of the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, said in a telephone interview.
For one, Congress could enact the mental health parity legislation that has been pending. Medicaid could use its money more wisely by paying for cost-effective home care instead of institutionalized care, he added.
Families should be allowed to buy into Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance plan for the poor, to get access to treatment for their children.
“Medicare unfortunately discriminates against people with mental illness by requiring higher co-payments for mental health outpatient care. That could be fixed,” Konigsberg added.
You can learn more about their efforts by visiting their website at www.mhreform.org.
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“Groups lay out plan to transform U.S. mental health”
To work at one’s potential one has to be mentally very healthy and fit. One of my collegues at state university here in USA is engaged conducting a case study in this respect and I was amazed to know few priliminary side effects of not having a good mental health.
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