February 2010 E-Zine

NCMHPC Proudly Presents:

KeepMentalHealthinMind
anE-zineforMentalHealthPolicy&Practice

End of February, 2010

Vol. 2 #2

A joint publication of:

NCMHPC & AMHA-USA

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Articles are presented in chronological order. NCMHPC & AMHA-USA take no stand on any of the materials presented here. We are alerting you to what is going on in the media and creating an archive of opinions. Knowledge is power.

Interestsing Articles:

2/08/2010 The Depressing News About Anti-Depressants
2/28/2010 Depression’s Upside

Politics & Policy:

• February 2010 – The Legislation

   The President’s Proposal
        • The Senate Bill - .pdf
        • The House Bill - .pdf

Things are moving fast!
See UHCAN site for updates

News and Opinions

2/01/2010 Deja vu a nightmare for Democrats?2/03/2010 Know the TRUTH about the Government Health Care Bill H.R.3200 - Key Points - video
2/03/2010 Giving Teeth to Comparative-Effectiveness Research — The Oregon Experience
2/03/2010 Risking Big Changes with Small Reforms
2/03/2010 Canada-Care's Secret
2/05/2010 Woe Is AHRQ
2/09/2010 States race to pre-empt health reform
2/09/2010 health insurers break profit records as 2.7 million Americans lose coverage
2/09/2010 New Jersey Battle Over Out Of Network Waivers Of Copays Continues
2/10/2010 How Insurers Reject You
2/10/2010 Forging Ahead — Embracing the “Reconciliation” Option for Reform
2/11/2010 Reform, meet Anthem Blue Cross
2/11/2010 What the future would look like with Obamacare
2/13/2010 Planned Summit Is Just an Infomercial in Disguise
2/13/2010 Bipartisanship Equals Single-Payer-ship
2/13/2010 Obama's Very Weak Hand
2/13/2010 Why Obama Can't Drop Health Care Reform
2/13/2010 The Insatiable Need
2/13/2010 Obamacare vs. the U.S. Constitution
2/17/2010 The Complexity That Killed Health Care Reform (Again)
2/18/2010 Obama to Offer Health Bill to Ease Impasse as Bipartisan Meeting Approaches
2/19/2010 Reviving the Health-Care Debate
2/20/2010 What Americans Don't Understand about Obamacare
2/20/2010 Doctors Are Challenging Government Health Care-and the AMA
2/23/2010 A bureaucratic takeover of healthcare
2/23/2010 'It's my health, it's my choice,' Danny Williams...Newfoundland Premier… heart surgery in Florida
2/23/2010 ObamaCare at Ramming Speed
2/23/2010 N.J. psychological group sues health insurers over confidential patient record requests
2/24/2010 'Don't Ask' Is No Way to Run Health Care
2/24/2010 Can States Pick Up the Health Reform Torch?
2/25/2010 Sarah Palin: More of the Same, Only More Expensive
2/25/2010 Psychologists Win Prescribing Rights
2/25/2010 After the Summit
2/26/2010 At health-care summit, Obama tells Republicans he's eager to move ahead
2/26/2010 Summit fails to bridge partisan gaps on health reform
2/26/2010 The aftermath: Confusion, conflict
2/27/2010 Obamacare: Federal Price Controls You Can Believe In
2/27/2010 Killer Competition
2/28/2010 Six Ideas for America!

Important Reading:

Comment on the Political Position of NCMHPC

The NCMHPC has endorsed and will continue to endorse legislation that promotes mental health and substance abuse care. Although the NCMHPC does not endorse any specific method of delivery of care or paying for care, for example, we have endorsed legislation that provides for government expenditures for care. We will continue to support mental health legislation when the provisions do not undermine choice, quality, access, and privacy.

William A. MacGillivray, PhD, ABPP
President, National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, Inc.
7 Forest Court
Knoxville, TN 37919

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Archive:

VOLUME 1
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• 03/2009 Vol 1#3
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