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A Florida sheriff's Brief But Spectacular take on mental illness in county jails (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Oct 2021
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This is about human infrastructure, the infrastructure that Reagan demolished from '81 to '89.
ancianita
Oct 2021
#1
Then the insurance companies did the same. Collecting payments from them was very difficult.
Irish_Dem
Oct 2021
#2
Add to that austerity economics and growing poverty, and the U.S. added millions to an ongoing
ancianita
Oct 2021
#3
This could make a good Ad to pass the, For The People Act. It includes mental health and
ShazamIam
Oct 2021
#4
ancianita
(36,014 posts)1. This is about human infrastructure, the infrastructure that Reagan demolished from '81 to '89.
Irish_Dem
(46,814 posts)2. Then the insurance companies did the same. Collecting payments from them was very difficult.
Many mental health professionals went out of business.
ancianita
(36,014 posts)3. Add to that austerity economics and growing poverty, and the U.S. added millions to an ongoing
public health crisis.
Medicare For All is the proper structure for public health care. That for profit medicine fights it, with two lobbyists for every congress critter, is a disavowal of their oaths to "first do no harm." Five years of health care neglect for this guy awaiting trial? That right there is a civil rights violation.
We gotta win in 2022 or for profit medicine will kill us off thereafter.
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)4. This could make a good Ad to pass the, For The People Act. It includes mental health and
housing funding.
Uncle Joe
(58,338 posts)5. I agree ShazamIam.
Dems aren't very good at messaging but this would be a perfect ad.
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Republicans do not understand or want to recognize root causes. They need some spoonfed facts & logic.
wendyb-NC
(3,319 posts)7. Wow, he is so right
Thank you, for the post and video.
pansypoo53219
(20,968 posts)8. we really need to bring back asylums.