Insurance Should Cover Mentally Ill
- By Rep. Rush Holt
- Special to Roll Call
- March 9, 2008, 11:59 p.m.
It will be a landmark day when we realize that health is not just about fixing broken bones. It’s about having a healthy, complete individual from head to toe. Millions of Americans suffer from mental illness of some form — conditions that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Mental illnesses strain families and can contribute to lost productivity, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness or suicide. Few Americans are untouched by it. No one is immune.
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