Speaking of Mental Health
While one in four American adults suffer from mental disorders, and mental disorders are the leading cause of disability for people aged 15 to 44, mental health as a topic often remains on the back burner on the campaign trail.
Among the presidential candidates, many may talk about chronic conditions in their health care plans, but few talk about mental health. And when the National Alliance on Mental Illness asked them to respond to a questionnaire about their views on mental health policy, only three completed it: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama. (John McCain didn't answer the questions but submitted a mental health statement.)
The questionnaire asked 22 questions, ranging from coverage for mental health plans to help for vets to training for mental professionals. If this issue is important to you and you are interested in their views, read about them here.
Valarie Basheda
Managing Editor
WebMD
Among the presidential candidates, many may talk about chronic conditions in their health care plans, but few talk about mental health. And when the National Alliance on Mental Illness asked them to respond to a questionnaire about their views on mental health policy, only three completed it: Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Barack Obama. (John McCain didn't answer the questions but submitted a mental health statement.)
The questionnaire asked 22 questions, ranging from coverage for mental health plans to help for vets to training for mental professionals. If this issue is important to you and you are interested in their views, read about them here.
Valarie Basheda
Managing Editor
WebMD
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2 Comments:
This is my life. I'm a man who is on disability for Mental Illness (I desperately wish it was Mental Health). Thank you for putting this issue on the front burner. We folks aren't sicker than those with physical disabilites, but understand (clearly) we are sick beyond our capacity to function fully.
What I don't understand, is why people can buy material things, but don't want to buy health insurance. Why should the government take over.....This is obsured....Hillary had the most earmarks in the budget this year alone. We do not need her care.. I run my own budget with little frill and make it. By the way my husband just had nephrectomy and other things that were a matter of life or death. We pay our insurance $400 a month. Why would I want Canado or France...or England. They come here for serious operations. Oh, by the way they can't even get a MRI...The doctors here in the U.S. have every right to be i business for themselves. The Goverment has cause alot of problems by being poltically correct.
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