Tag Archives: Mental Health

Quora Query: Why Do Homeless People Become More Mentally Ill?

Posted on 19 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

I think [previous answers] have it pretty much [covered]. People often become homeless because of mental illness. But homelessness is a bit more complex. Homelessness can be acute or chronic. Acute is usually made up of women and children who … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: What Will it Take for the United States to Acquire Universal Healthcare?

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

There are two sets of answers to this query: Political and operational/organizational. Let me address each in its turn. The Political Issues: There is, to my analysis, nothing special about the United States and its people that make a rational … Continue reading →

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Quora Query: What can you do if you rack up a huge ER bill, make too much money for assistance, and can’t afford to pay it off in the max 24 months? The lady at hospital said I can pay whatever I can afford but when I called, they said no.

Posted on 14 January, 2020 by AJ Layon

Firstly, I’m sorry you have to deal with this. In a rationale and humane society, healthcare is a right. It is funded from general taxes so you would NEVER worry about this. But we live in a neoliberal America – … Continue reading →

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Response to Robert Gebelhoff Editorial – Progressives can’t be trusted with Medicare-for-all

Posted on 3 January, 2019 by AJ Layon

Gentle Reader – Mr. Gebelhoff, an assistant editor and opinions contributor for the Washington Post, published the above-cited piece today, 3 January, 2019. I detail the URL for the piece below, and then detail a brief criticism laying out why … Continue reading →

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The Graham-Cassidy Bill: Yet another Attempt to Remove Health Care from Americans and Cut Taxes for the Rich

Posted on 22 September, 2017 by AJ Layon

It had been my intention to write a multi-part series on Health Systems as a way to lead into further discussion about the direction our health system should take. There are also issues related to women’s health, the opiate crisis, … Continue reading →

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The Health System of the United States of America – Can We Do Better than This ? A Five Part Series

Posted on 20 September, 2017 by AJ Layon

Part 1 (857 words)   “There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”   Those over a certain age will remember this phrase from then Presidential-candidate … Continue reading →

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Maybe Death Isn’t All That Bad: Trump’s Budget Proposal Slashes Spending by $3.6 Trillion Over 10 years – Guess Who Pays ?

Posted on 29 May, 2017 by AJ Layon

The “oil spot” theory of counter-insurgency asserts, in brief, that if we take an area and make it safe for the population, the effect of this improved safety would spread beyond the confines of the area made safe(er), kind of … Continue reading →

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Repeal of the Affordable Care Act: The Issue Is Not Cost

Posted on 28 March, 2017 by AJ Layon

“Those who need care most often get care least. And even when the poor do get service, it is often second rate…This situation will be corrected only when the poor have sufficient purchasing power to enter the medical marketplace on … Continue reading →

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Development of UK Strategy and Options, April to July 2002

Posted on 11 March, 2017 by AJ Layon

SECTION 3.3 DEVELOPMENT OF UK STRATEGY AND OPTIONS, APRIL TO JULY 2002 Contents Introduction and key findings …………………………………………………………………………..3 Development of UK policy, April to June 2002 ………………………………………………………3 A UK contribution to US-led military action …………………………………………………………3 JIC Assessment, 19 April 2002 … Continue reading →

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Repealing the Affordable Care Act – Be Afraid

Posted on 10 March, 2017 by AJ Layon

Gentle Readers – this was published this morning in the Daily Item, the paper for this area of Pennsylvania. I grant that it is not measured and without passion. But then, if you have read anything I have written, you … Continue reading →

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