> Cam wrote: > In recent threads we talked about how many homeless were mentally ill. > I wonder how many of these folks, who are not getting help today, > would get help under Obama's plan?
Probably not a lot, but that's just a guess and here's why: If you include the military, veterans, government workers, medicaid, medicare, SCHIP, etc roughly 50% of the US population has government provided health care. About 30% have private insurance which means that about 20% are uninsured. Of course what mental health benefits are covered under that government health care is variable (by state for example with medicaid). That having been said, now it gets tricky because a higher percentage of that 20% have severe mental illness than the population as a whole. But then you have to remember that these would be people NOT qualified for other programs like medicaid which would mean they have some capacity for employment. So that means they'd be highly functioning severely mentally ill. That's probably not a lot of people ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:307432 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
