According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), almost a quarter of adult Americans suffer some type of diagnosable mental illness in a given year.
They also state that mental disorders are the leading cause of disability in the US and Canada.
And that 45% of people with a mental disorder suffer from more than one mental illness at a time.… [Read more]
The attention-grabbing title, “I am very disappointed in Governor Rick Scott” was enough to let me know that I would soon have something to smile about. Red State’s Eric Erickson’s morning e-newsletter said the following:
I was one of the few national conservatives to support Governor Scott in 2010 during his primary. He is a fundamentally great person.… [Read more]
Nothing like the often brutal and largely ill-informed American commentaries about “Canadian socialized medicine” to set yer obedient scribe’s teeth on edge and raise serious questions (not for the first time) about the most remarkable of intellectual inconsistencies – the United States as the world’s (still) leading economy, a seething cauldron of spirited intellectual exchange, resolute defender of free speech, where the erudite and the idiotic (hi, Nancy G) have equal rights….and its numbing insularity, one that rivals the penetrating world view of a newly discovered Iron Age Amazon tribe.… [Read more]
We started the week with a simple question: “Where’s the humanity?” What made us think about this was an article from an overseas newspaper that reported a man died because of the lack of access to health care — caused, in part, by policy. We found ourselves understanding that processes and procedures allow organisations to run more efficiently, but when those same means of operational effectiveness result in loss of life, all for the sake of following codes, then those procedures should be re-evaluated.… [Read more]
Change is defined as to make or become different: “a proposal to change the law” and to alter, convert and transform. It also means to chart a new course.
With this week’s announcement by the Supreme Court that “Obamacare” is officially the law of the land, we think that this David Bowie song about change is quite appropriate.… [Read more]
This is the last installment in what has turned out to be a series of articles detailing my experiences as an employee in a right-to-work state. I didn’t write these stories to complain or to get sympathy – although at this point, I wouldn’t turn down any kind of sympathy. This has been a tough time in my life, and I hope that my story will serve as an illustration of the extreme imbalance in employer-employee relationships.… [Read more]
Just because something isn’t discussed much anymore does not mean that it is no longer a problem. HIV/AIDS has not disappeared and, in fact, segments of some communities are experiencing an increase in the rate of escalation.
There has been much discussion about, and lots of opposition to, proposed reforms to the nation’s health care system. … [Read more]
Ultra conservative Tea Bagger households won’t be places of happiness and joy tonight. Why? The ‘Party of NO’ was just dealt a blow by the U.S. Court of Appeals HAHAHA!!! I LOVE it! Couldn’t happen to a more foul bunch of obstructionists!!: President Obama’s Healthcare Reform Law stands.
Disclaimer: When the issue of healthcare reform was tackled after President Obama’s inauguration, I wanted to see a single payer system passed. … [Read more]
I thought I would end up posting the very minute that the latest governmental fiasco deal was strong-armed and threatened debated into existence but, frankly, I’ve spent the last few days trying to find any upside to this latest episode. I’m still searching and, given some of the reports that are not getting any mention in the press, maybe there’s more to this than meets the eye. … [Read more]
