I found this article about Loughner on Fox news dot com. Amazingly it's fair, but not balanced. It said - ... the state has no record of Loughner, 22, seeking mental health treatment in the public system.
But it doesn't say why. Did he lose health insurance? Was anyone trying to get him help? People who are mentally ill don't normally seek help themselves. They have to have someone push them into treatment. And that became a lot harder to do way back in the Reagan years. Remember Ronny cutting funding to mental health turning people loose on the streets? All while running up the biggest deficits ever at that time. That's about the time our prisons became the default mental health system.
So for the last 20 to 30 years if you don't have mental health insurance you don't get help. The perfect mix is now here for mayhem. People that can't get help and haters egging them on. I can't wait to see what's coming next.
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"I can't wait to see what's coming next."
I can.
The problem is...Health insurance doesn't really mean health insurance...it should cover...your mind...your teeth...your eyes etc...And most people can't afford to seek help. Its crazy. Did you get to see Jon Stewart's monologue last night...it was great.
Today is 1-11-11.
Mike? *push*
Truth is there are lots of very disturbed people out there walking the streets. We can't afford to help them because we need to spend all of our money imprisoning teenagers who are caught with a joint.
Sorry, we have to have priorities.
B - But waiting takes so loooong!!!
MD - I'm going to have to find Jon on the net.
B - Aargh! See what ranting does? It messes up priorites. Two binary days in a row and I missed one.
LET - I'll go I'll go. But I'll wait for you to send me money first. (new year, new deductibles)
J - And I feel much safer. ... Did I mention a possible trip to Mexico coming up?
Wow this is a big time topic here in the blogger world. I appreciate the fact that you took on more of the mental health aspect of it.
I have a family full of individuals that have mental issues, ranging from bipolar to skitzo. I hear about their struggles with the mental health red tape all the time.
It truly is scary to see what will happen to all these people that are forgotten when it comes to their mental health.
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