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Action ALERT
Items:
The House parity bills, HB
4390, 4391, 4392, and 4393 are scheduled for a hearing in the
House Insurance Committee on soon! Contact
the members of the
House Insurance Committee
and ask them to support the mental health parity bills.
....MHAM's Medicare Part D Information Pipeline - Flier pdf
file 1-31-06
....If you're covered by the Medicare Part
D drug program and you're
....experiencing problems, we want to hear from you...click
here
Michigan Candidate Survey
on Parity Legislation thru 10-20-06
.........Michigan House . . doc
file . . pdf file
.........Michigan Senate . . doc
file . . pdf file
........Proposition 63 Funds Mental Health Services in
CA (NMHA email)
....The President's Budget
Initiative
........NMHA Press Release of Feb 7, 2005 pdf file
........President's Budget Initiatives pdf file
........Making Medicaid More Affordable and Accountable pdf file
........Expanding and Protecting Insurance Coverage pdf file
You're
Invited
The Kent County Mental
Health Parity Discussion Group's
2nd Annual Public Policy Roundtable & Luncheon
Monday, June 15 8:30 am to 1:15 pm
1000 E Beltline NE Grand Rapids, MI
. R.S.V.P.
The CALL TO ACTION
....MHAM's Call to Action,
June 2009 pdf file or doc.file
....MHAM's Advocate, Oct 2007
pdf file
....MHAM's Advocate, Jan
2008 pdf file
....MHAM's Advocate, May
2008 pdf file
....MHAM's Advocate, Nov 2008 pdf file
Coping with Disaster
For articles on this
subject visit our
archive
Mental Health System Overviews
For articles dated prior
to 1-1-05 visit our
archive
Michigan's dream
for the mentally ill turns into a nightmare 05-18-05 (Detroit
News)
Michigan should not neglect mentally
ill 05-29-07 (Oakland
Press)
Recommendations of the Mental
Health Commission…..
& Why Are They Are Important to You
A Guide Prepared by the Mental Health Association in Michigan
October 2007 pdf file
Jan 2008 Final Report Card for the Mental Health
Commission pdf file
Mar 2009 4-Year Report
Card for the Mental Health Commission pdf file
Other Voices:
We can't afford to backslide on mental health treatment .... PDF-file 04-24-09 (Ann Arbor News)
State Budget & Procurement
For articles on this
subject visit our
archive
The Medicaid Crisis
A Special Report byThe Detroit News
April 18-19, 2004
Woman
pushes long-term care
Mom may have to hunt for referrals
Watchdog staff shrinks as Medicaid expands
The monster
Medicaid tab saps Michigan
Medicaid fix demands benefits cuts
Medicaid pain beyond Band-Aid stage
PDF-File 5-3-04 (Booth Newspapers)
The State's Prescription Drug
Plan
For articles dated prior
to 1-1-05 visit our
archive
Insurance and quality of care
For articles dated prior
to 1-1-05 visit our
archive
Mental health
parity should apply in state
03-29-07 (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
The jailed and executed mentally
ill
For articles dated prior
to 1-1-05 visit our
archive
JEFF GERRITT:
Finally, a judge stands up for sick inmates 11-14-06
(Detroit Free Press)
The Death Of Timothy Souders
Scott Pelley On The Plight Of The Mentally Ill
Behind Bars (CBS News 2-8-07)
Locking away
the mentally ill isn't the answer, group says 01-24-08 (Det. Free Press)
Get mentally
ill out of prison cells, into proper treatment 01-24-08 (Detroit Free Press)
Mental health
courts needed
03-19-08 (Detroit News)
Community
therapy, not prison, is the best way to treat the mentally ill
State fails to meet inmates'
mental health needs, group claims
.. pdf-file 10-17-08 cns msu
For patients and justice,
don't cut mental care funding
... pdf-file 03-16-09 freep
Children & Mental Health
Judges urging aid for youths 01-22-05 (The Flint Journal)
Statistical Data Tabulations
Michigan's
Mental Health Services
(MHAM gathered public data)
US Dept of Justice Statistics (website)
Fighting stigma
A Beautiful Mind Find
a local theater to this inspiring true story of a genius
who suffered schizophrenia.
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Home Box Office
Wed Aug 18, 2004
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Mentally ill can be home owners 4-11-04 (Citizen Patriot)
Rejection of residents with mental illness
is judgmental
6-14-04 (The Oakland Press)
Mental illness stigma lingers: Diseases
of the
mind deserve same treatment as diseases of the body 8-21-04 (Grand Rapids Press)
Patty Duke vs. mental illness 10-19-04 (Cincinnati Enquirer)
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