According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is currently the 3rd leading cause of death among young adults and adolescents 15 to 24 years of age, following unintentional injuries and homicide. Suicide is often a desperate attempt at escaping a seemingly impossible situation or to find relief from bad thoughts or feelings. [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Health
Delinking Health Insurance from Employment wouldn’t be all that bad
A brief article on the history of why the healthcare system got to where it is, and why the McCain plan is actually the only one of the two (between his and Obama’s) that can truly accomplish anything: by putting more control back in the hands of the consumer instead of simply shifting control from [...]
Finance
The Senate “bailout” bill has a “Mental Health Parity” section attached.
None of you really want to hear my opinions on the general bailout package passed by the Senate last night, but I felt it my duty to inform you of the implications of the added section regarding mental health (since some of you are obviously crazy). NAHU (National Association of Health Underwriters) sent me a [...]