So here i am, 27, looking at a bill that says the brain is part of the body and Insurance Companies cannot discriminate in the reimbursement of illnesses to the brain any more so than they would any other illness of the body. I have no business being the primary sponsor of that bill. It tells you a lot about stigma. That the longest member the youngest member, lois died on the totem pole, got to put it in so my point is stigma still ranks big in all of this and as a result we have not made the progress we need as a nation, still. When hivaids, we were losing 53 million americans a year. Within one or two years of the aids activists coming all over the country and demanding change, congress was appropriating 24 million a year to tackle this illness. Addiction, opioid overdose and other overdoses, account for 112,000. You add the 300 50,000 people who die of alcoholism, which of course no one really acknowledges as a Major Public Health issue. Then you add the 50,000 who successfully tak
Smerconish is up next is it, 1968 . The sequel Michael Smerconish in philadelphia this week in a deja vu of the vietnam era, Police Officers in riot gear across the country were called in to disperse antiwar protesters from College Campuses when they cleared out columbia universitys hamilton hall, it was on the 56th Anniversary of police arrests, ending a Student Takeover about the Vietnam Conflict in the exact same building and this august even more deja vu, the Democratic National convention will take place in chicago the same city which hosted the 1968 dnc, which was famously disrupted by both chaotic radical antiwar protests and the violent response of the police a bit of history, 1968 included lbj deciding not to seek reelection because of vietnam. Four days later, the assassination of Martin Luther king junior race riots, then the assassination of democratic frontrunner robert f. Kennedy, the republican challenger, Richard Nixon, who had lost to jfk in 1960, was promising to end
Institute. Welcome to todays symposium on the state of treatment of americas mentally ill. Were pleased and honored to have with us to distinguished authors. Their current books on Mental Illness are shaping public discussion. Also, the assistant secretary for Mental Health and Substance Abuse its. She is playing a key role in shaping public policy. The is worth pointing out that the question of the right role for government into supporting the care and treatment of the mentally ill is one that has long vexed us as a nation. Consider the case of the educator who in the 1930s began presenceresidents prisons. Sadly and tragically, the same can be said about the situation today. Even as the population of the Rikers Island jail here in new york city as declined, the percentage of the population that is mentally ill there has increased. Knowould be distressed to that the atlantic referred to Cook County Jail and chicago as largest Mental Health hospital. Americans who suffer from conditions
Designate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 149 printed in the house report 115297 offered by mr. Flores of texas. The chair pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman from texas, in flores, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Flores i rise to offer an amendment that redirects 120 million from c. M. S. Overhead spending, a 3. 5 reduction, toward increasing funding in three specific areas. 40 million for pediatric Cancer Research, 40 million for alzheimers research, and 40 million to address the countrys open yode crisis. The approval of this amendment will motivate c. M. S. To modify its punitive bureaucratic culture. Ardworking american c. M. S. failure to taking is a notable example of bureaucratic incompetence. American families expect them to work with Health Care Providers to ensure the efficient delivery of health care. In 2012, the act was passed and signed into law due to the mandatory and harsh sanctions that c. M.
Naples. The clark county coroner will officially release their names. Witnesses say a fourth person lives with the couple and also attacked but was able to get away. Karen castro, 8 news now. Denise Valdez we know more tonight about the man involved in a shooting at mccarran airport. Its a story we brought you as breaking news last night at 6. Jeffery brown is accused of shooting the couple in the back yesterday evening. Garage. Were told that couple just arrived from indianapolis. Police say brown and the woman are an estranged couple. Both the woman and her boyfriend are recovering from the gunshot wounds. Brown was later found at the va hospital in north las vegas. Hes now behind bars. Facing several charges including two counts of attempted murder. Discharging a firearm in a prohibited area. And one count of assault with a deadly weapon. Hes expected to appear in court thursday. Dave Courvoisier tedd florendo hurricane paine have no enveloped the region. Rain chances are not in the