Because here in America, health care is an industry. Their purpose is to make money for share-holders. Mental health is often not covered by insurance companies, since they can't make a good profit.
There’s no way to be able to reach an accurate percentage. We’d have Ron assume every mentally ill inmate would actually seek treatment, continue to take their medications, and continue treatment. It would be worth it to make mental health treatment more accessible and affordable. Sadly most mentally ill people can’t afford treatment.
Fortunately mine covers it. It covers it well. A lot generic meds are $5 for one month and $10 for three months. This includes several mental health medications. Stays at psychiatric hospitals and units are treated as and covered like hospital stays as if they are for physical health issues.
No idea. Spending more money on mental health would reduce and prevent crimes, family violence, suicides, self-harm and all the ripple effects among families and friends who have to cope. It would reduce the numbers in prisons and save the state millions. It would also enable more people to get into and stay in work, and they would pay taxes and hence repay the money spent on their mental health.
That's a great plan. Even if the meds are not generic, I'm guessing they don't cost as much as it would for someone who has no coverage. The med I take has no generic and costs about $500 a month in the US. Now I order it from a Canadian pharmacy and it's $365 for three months.
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