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Utah urged to fill gaps in health-care system
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I'm a middle class white guy with an ex-wife and son who have SEVERE mental illnesses. This artical addressed two disparities: 1) lower frequency and quality of health care for the working poor, 2) the dramatic difference between health care and mental health care.
I have very good insurance, but still cannot provide the services that my wife and child need because of the EXTREME cost and differences in allowed covereage with mental health issues.
One of two things need to happen to solve this problem. Insurance companies must be made to cover mental health like any other illness with the same copays and without the built in limits. Or our government needs to help provide services that are funded through a sliding fee scale and tax revenue.
In addition to this, there must be a push to recruit more providers. For example, there are three youth providers in the Ogden area for psychology. This means that my son's doctor is scheduled out 90 days at a time and works 12 and 14 and 16 hour days.
There must be a change....
Have you figured out what organ had a chemical imbalance? His Brain! A brain is as much an organ as a heart or your eyes. If he had become blind or lost the functioning of his hands and lost his practice - would you still feel he should "work for his lively hood"? Just his medications are over $3000 a month. He can barely keep his part time job. Perhaps you would prefer having him homeless. Since his ancestry a few generations back came from England we should deport him. -- So where would we deport you if you should break a leg and need a helping hand?
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