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Citizens Appeal for Human Services

Filed under: mental health advocacy

Vivian Watts (D-39) said she noticed more people willing to talk about mental health issues. "That's a shift from previous years," Watts said. "We've heard more from those advocating for the mentally ill, not only substance abuse or autism, …
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America's “Mental Health Gulag”

Filed under: mental health advocacy

During the 1960s, policymakers across the country decided to close mental health institutions in favor of community treatment. In 1955, there was one psychiatric hospital bed for every 300 Americans. Today, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center, …
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A Concerned Citizen’s Opinion on Health Care Reform

I am not a certified expert on health care or health insurance. I am not political. I am not a doctor. But I am an American Citizen, I pay for health insurance and I use health care. Based on the very high cost of health care in this country, the rising costs of health care insurance and the proposed solutions that are coming out of our nation’s capital (from both sides of the aisle), I think I am as much of an expert on health care and health insurance as our politicians  are.

The fundamental problems Americans are really having are with health care costs, not health insurance. Why is health insurance being regulated and the actual cost of health care not addressed at all?

Fight Back Guide to Senior Citizens’ Medical Care

Used – Sky-high health care costs . . . shrinking coverage and bottomed-out benefits . . . Isn’t it time we fought back? David Horowitz, the TV consumer commentator known to millions for his battles against ripoffs in business and government, brings his Fight Back! approach to an important issue of medical care.

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Profit Is Not the Cure: A Citizen’s Guide to Saving Medicare

On July 12, 1966, the Medical Care Insurance Act was passed by the federal House of Commons after a ferocious public debate that pitted the vast majority of Canadians against a powerful alliance of business, insurance companies, and doctors. More than thirty years later, the same battle is being fought all over again. Only now, the forces opposed to medicare are more ideologically unified, more richly endowed, and tied to transnational corporations whose power exceeds that of entire countries. In Profit Is Not the Cure, Maude Barlow traces the history of medicare in Canada. She compares it with both public and private systems in other parts of the world. And she contrasts it with the brutally divisive system that exists in the United States, where forty-four million people have no medical insurance, and millions more get minimal care through profit-driven health maintenance organizations. From the point of view of most patients, the United States health-care model is a disaster. But the proponents of privatization in Canada, supported by the right-wing media and corporate lobbyists, are determined to impose American-style reforms on the Canadian public. Three provinces – British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario – are moving ahead rapidly to enlarge the role of commerce in the provision of health-care services. They are introducing user fees, delisting procedures that previously were covered, and encouraging private corporations to move into areas that used to be the exclusive domain of the public system. While the prime minister and federal cabinet have paid lipservice to the principles of medicare, they have made it clear by their actions that they will do nothing toimpede the destruction of those principles by the provinces. In fact, their enthusiastic support of NAFTA, and the impending Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) and General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), has made the defence of medicare increasingly difficult. Canadi

The correct way Senior citizens Can find the very best Insurance Policy

While selecting the most appropriate life insurance product is important at any age, it is particularly important for seniors. Term life will come with lower premiums, but not with a cash-building feature. A permanent life policy will be in effect for the lifetime of the insured, but the premiums may well be more expensive.

The key to senior term life is to make sure the policy is in place previous to a health condition which could render the insurance unaffordable. It’s also possible to purchase a life insurance policy that does not demand a health exam. While this type of policy provides the same types of benefits as a policy that requires an exam and blood work, the premiums could be significantly higher.

Affordable Health Insurance Senior Citizens – Learn How To Get One

From your original feelings on health insurance, where you figured it to be an expensive luxury, if you investigate what’s obtainable you will note that affordable health insurance is within your budget. So how do you select your affordable health insurance. There is a profusion of online help to help you in your choice. You can ask friends and family if they’ve any form of health insurance cover, and if they do, whom do they use. You may check out commercials in the press and take note of what’s marketed on Television. A really helpful resource nowadays is the world wide web, there is a wealth of data obtainable and all you want do is search on ‘affordable health insurance’ to get loads of information and insurance cover providers.