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Is there any evidence that healthcare would help with this situation?

• justindocanto 14y ago
  As somebody who has dealt with the mental health care system without and with mental health care... absolutely yes.
  • benjoffe 14y ago
    While I don't doubt your assertion, I think the parent was looking for more evidence than a simple "yes".
• sp332 14y ago
  Do you think he wasn't getting mental health care? It was reported that he was on medication.
• philip1209 14y ago
  Just relating it back to the article, seeing that the mother changed jobs in order to obtain healthcare and fund the care of her child scared me. Not everybody is in the position of being able to obtain such a job, and forcing a parent to fund emergency room trips without insurance could be preventing access to adequate treatment.
• gwern 14y ago
  > At least we have health insurance now. I recently accepted a position with a local college, giving up my freelance career because when you have a kid like this, you need benefits. You’ll do anything for benefits. No individual insurance plan will cover this kind of thing. If nothing else, she probably liked her career (else why hadn't she gone to the college in the first place?)