Monday, December 1, 2008

Hilary Clinton is not my anti-drug. She is my Prozac.

Three cheers for Obama! I'm terribly glad that he decided to appoint Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State, and I think that the 20 million U.S citizens estimated to struggle from major depression would agree with me. Unless you were living under a rock during October's Wall Street bailout (or, perhaps more accurately, crouching in a bomb shelter with a handgun and hoards of cash, waiting for the economy to collapse and everyone to go all cannibailistic/Cormac McCarthy), you know that legislation was passed requiring group health plans and employers to sufficiently cover mental health treatment. Well, Hilary Clinton was a co-sponsor of the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 , as was Barack Obama. The American public can count on the new presidential administration to be passionate towards equal health care rights and reform-- something that should save even the least-dependent antidepressant user both money and worry.

Check it, man:

http://metavid.org/wiki/S._558:_Mental_Health_Parity_Act_of_2007

http://clinton.senate.gov/issues/health/index.cfm?topic=mental

http://metavid.org/wiki/S._558:_Mental_Health_Parity_Act_of_2007

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