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EDC Lobby Day 2008
April 11, 2008 in Access to ED Care/Treatment, Accurate Information Campaigns in ED's, anorexia, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Bulimia Nervosa, Carer Support, COE (Compulsive Over-Eating), Community Health Education, Consumer Alert, Culture, Eating Disorder Advocacy, Eating Disorder Coalition, Eating Disorder News, Eating Disorder Research, Eating Disorder Treatment, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders and Mental Health, ED advocacy, ED Coalition, ED Hope & Recovery, ED recovery, EDC Lobby Day 2008, EDNOS, eliminating stigma, Empowered Families, Empowered Parents, Engaged Families, Evidence Based Treatment for Eating Disorders, Evidence-Based Medicine, F.R.E.E.D. Foundation, family, Family & Culture, Family & Friends Network (PFN), Family Education/Resources, Family supported ED treatment, Family-Based Therapy and Eating Disorders, Government, Health, Health & Wellbeing, Health Care, Hope & Recovery for ED's, Human Rights, Improvement of Psychological and Behavioral Treatments, Insurance Disparity, Mental Health, Mental Health Discrimination, Mental Health Parity, Neurobiology of Treating Eating Disorders, news, Parent Activism and Eating Disorders, Parent Advocates, Parent Support, Parent/Family Support and Eating Disorders, Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addict Equity Act, Personal, Personal Empowerment, Personal Stories, Policy & Action, Policy Analysis, PSA's, Public Education of ED's, Public Health, Public Policy, Public Support for Parity, Research and Recovery | Tags: Access to ED Treatment, Access to Mental Health Care/Eating Disorders, anorexia, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Bulimia Nervosa, Carer Support and Eating Disorders, COE (Compulsive Over-Eating), Eating Disorded, Eating Disorder News, Eating Disorders and Mental Health, Eating Disorders Coaltion, ED Hope & Recovery, ED Treatment, EDC Lobby Day 2008, EDNOS, Eliminating Stigma with Eating Disorders, Empowered Families/Parents and Eating Disorders, Evidence Based Treatment for Eating Disorders, F.R.E.E.D. Foundation, Government, Health Care, Health Insurance Discrimination, Health Insurance Reimbursement for ED's, Insurance Disparity and Eating Disorders, Legislation for ED Advocacy and Education, Parents with Eating Disordered Children, Policy & Action, PSA's, Public Health, Public Support for Parity, Support to further ED Research | 1 comment
Some incredible individuals and parent advocates have been hard at work the past two days in Washington working with legislators on Capital Hill for the annual Eating Disorders Coalition Lobby Day to push forth further measures and legislation in the continuation to further progress within treatment, research, prevention and education of eating disorders.
This is vital and necessary work. I for one am so very grateful, since I was not able to attend, for all of these individuals who have committed themselves towards improving the lives of those affected by this devastating illness and the families that are doing so much of this work solo, without much support, treatment resources, and clinicians adequately trained to best help their loves ones.
Thank you EDC and its sponsors, Ms Laura Collins— you are the best!
Three Cheers- A Seven Year Slump is Slowly Moving Forward
March 6, 2008 in Access to ED Care/Treatment, Accurate Information Campaigns in ED's, anorexia, Anorexia and Depression, Anorexia Nervosa, Behavioral Health, Big Pharma, Bulimia, Bulimia Nervosa, Consumer Alert, DSM-IV Criteria for ED's, DSM-V and Expanded ED Criteria, Eating Disorder Advocacy, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders and Mental Health, ED advocacy, ED Coalition, ED Hope & Recovery, Eli Lilly, eliminating stigma, Empowered Families, Empowered Parents, family, Family & Friends Network (PFN), Family Education/Resources, Government, Health, Health & Wellbeing, Health Care, Health Care For All, Health Insurance Discrimination, Human Rights, Improvement of Psychological and Behavioral Treatments, Insurance Coverage and ED's, Insurance Disparity, La Follette School of Public Affairs, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy for Equality in Insurance Covera, Mental Health America, Mental Health Discrimination, Mental Health Parity, news, NYSE LLY, Parent Activism and Eating Disorders, Parent Advocates, Paul Wellstone Mental Health & Addict Equity Act, Personal, Personal Empowerment, Personal Stories, Policy & Action, Policy Analysis, Public Education of ED's, Public Policy, Society, Thoughts | Tags: Anorexia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa and Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Bulimia Nervosa, Business and Corruption, Corporate Greed and Mental Health Parity, Eating Disorder Coalition, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders and Insurance Coverage, EDC Lobby Day, Eli Lilly and Bias, Empowered Families, Empowered Parents, Empowered Patients, Erasing Mental Health Stigma, Families Against Mental Health Discrimination, family, Government, Health, Health and Family Services, Health Care Advocacy, Health Care For All, Health Law Advocates, Human Rights, Insurance, Insurance Coverage and Eating Disorders, Insurance Disparity, La Follette School of Public Affairs, media, Mental Health Parity Bill Hr 1424, NAMI, news, Parent Activism and Eating Disorders, Parent Advocates to End Insurance Discrimination for Ea, Parents against Eating Disorder Discrimination/Stigma, Paul Wellstone, Personal, Policy & Action, Policy Analysis, Public Policy and Mental Health, Recovery, Social Policies, Society, writing | 2 comments
“It’s about opening up the doors and ending the shadow of discrimination against the mentally ill.”
-Patrick Kennedy
Today’s news is quite uplifting. And the 268-148 vote does speak to the dire need to continue towards enacting mental-health parity and mandating health insurance coverage equal to that of physical illness for mental health and addiction. I think Paul Wellstone would be encouraged to see some progress being made after nearly a decade of back and forth bi-partisan bickering and huge corporate influence , (and currently, to no one’s surprise, big-ph-arm Eli Lilly is really throwing a tantrum!), to strangle this vital legislation.
And there are plenty of critics who are rallying this victory as “mental-health insanity” and clearly looking only at their own financial dunk, but it’s truly time to stop stigmatizing those with mental illness who clearly need the same standard of quality care and treatment that any sane society would not withhold or financially ruin one with personally while working towards full health, healing and recovery.
I, unfortunately live in a state that does not currently have mental-health parity- yet. But I was impressed to read an in depth study done last spring by the La Follette School of Public Affairs in our state, that despite not having all the conclusive data to make absolute recommendations regarding mental-health parity, has incredibly convincing and thought-provoking details putting to bunk some of the primary reasoning against implementing mental-health parity that I would encourage anyone interested in advocating for mental health disparity to read. These studies really can be applied and adapted for further critique and implemented across all states, so that we will eventually see more than thirteen states that have adopted mental-health parity law.
-shanti
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