Who initiated the policy? What is Medicaid? What is the roles
of government? Kaiser Family Foundation, 2009
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REPUBLICANDEMOCRATIC Repeal of the health care law Increasing
the coverage Goodnough, 2012 New York Times, 2012
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Virginia in 2009EnrolleesExpenditures Disabled15%43%
Elderly10%23% Adults26%14% Children49%21% Total: 62.6 million
peopleTotal: $346.5 billion Source: (Spross, 2012) Some low income
families and individuals.
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What is next for the health care reform for Medicaid? Democrats
believe Cuts to the program $351billion over 10 yrs. Republicans
believe There is a lot more to do Only time will tell Rowley &
Przybyla, 2012
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Department of Medical Assistance Services. (2012). Medicaid and
FAMIS Plus Handbook. Retrieved from http://dmasva.dmas.virginia.gov
Goodnough, A. (2012). New York Times. 2 campaigns differ sharply on
Medicaid, seeking Vast growth or vast cuts. Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/01/us/politics/campaigns-have-sharply-different-visions-for-
medicaid.html?_r=0 Kaiser Family Foundation. www.kff.org. (2009).
Medicaid: A timeline of key developments. p. 1-6. Retrieved from
http://www.kff.org/medicaid/timeline/pf_entire.html Rowley, J.
Przybyla, H. (2012). Pressure for entitlement cuts is on Medicare,
Medicaid. Bloomberg News BusinessWeek. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-28/pressure-for-entitlement-cuts-is-
on-medicare-medicaid.html Spross, J. (2012). How Romneys Medicaid
cuts would harm current seniors. Think Progress. Retrieved October
26, 2012.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/08/20/714591/how-romneys-medicaid-cuts-would-harm-current-
seniors/?mobile=nc
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Kolicia LAST NAME
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1965: Medicare begins. Part B costing $3 a month 1972: add
ESRD, and SSI 1982: Hospice are added temporary basis 1986: Hospice
became permanent 1988: coverage for catastrophic illness and
prescription drugs. 1997: Medicare+Choice is enacted under the
Balanced Budget Act ("Kaiser family foundation," 2009)
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2000: Medicare Part B is 45.40 per month 2003: Medicare
Modernization Act 2006: Part D outpatient prescription drug benefit
becomes available to beneficiaries from private drug plans and
Medicare Advantage Plans 2010: Affordable care act and Patient
Protection ("Kaiser family foundation," 2009)
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DemocratsRepublicans Obamacare Democrats are claiming that
Republicans are going to introduce the voucher system which is
going to make it difficult for Medicare recipients because they are
going to incur out of pocket expenses. Voucher Program Claim that
Democrats are going to take 716 billion dollars out of Medicare.
(Centers for medicare and medicaid services, 2012)
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65 years plus
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Centers for medicare and medicaid services. (2012). Centers for
medicare and medicaid services. Retrieved from http://www.cms.gov/
Kaiser family foundation. (2009). Retrieved from
http://www.kff.org/medicare/medicar etimeline.cfm
http://www.kff.org/medicare/medicar
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Melody Pendleton
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Put into place to bring parity between insurance coverage for
physical and mental health. Insurance coverage has to be equal
between treatment at a general hospital visit and for mental health
treatment. (Garcia, 2010; Barry, 2010; Huskcamp, 2010; &
Goldman, 2010).
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1800s mentally ill housed in almshouses or taken care of at
home In 1946 the National Mental Health Act. In 1959 National
Mental Health Institute was established (Dolgoff & Feldstien,
2009). 1992 the first legislation of mental health parity was
passed. Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici In 1998 the act was put
into effect (Herbert,2012).
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On October 3, 2008 the Mental Health Parity Addiction and
Equity Act was signed. President Obama passed the Affordable Care
Act in 2010. Amended the MHPAEA (Friedman, 2012)
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Democrats Agree with the idea of parity because Obama passed
the Affordable Health Care Act in 2008. Believe in employers
insurance. (Diffen, 2012) Republicans Believe in a greater state
control. People shouldnt be forced to have insurance through
employers. Should have own private family insurance. (Diffen,
2012)
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In 2008, 13.4 % of U.S. adults received treatment for a mental
health problem (SAMHSA, 2010). Mental health spending is expected
to increase in the year 2014 to 203.3 billion dollars.
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In 2005 mental health spending was much less than all other
health related costs. SAMHSAs National Survey on Drug Use and
Health found in 2008 58.7 % of adults in the U.S. with a serious
mental illness received treatment for a mental health problem
(NIMH,2012).
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People with mental illness. Insurance agencies. Hospitals and
doctors offices. Community-based facilities like Piedmont in Rocky
Mount, Virginia.
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illness in health law. New York Times, pp.1-3 Herbert, A. R.M,
(2009) Mental Health Parity: Moving closer to an effective national
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services and treatments among adults, Retrieved from
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/3USE_MT_ADULT.shtml
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/statistics/3USE_MT_ADULT.shtml SAMHSA
(2010). Mental Health, United States, 2010.
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Rachel Waddell
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Anit Drug Act of 1988 No toleration (Byrnes, 2009) Start
prevention early (Byrnes, 2009) User accounatbility (Foley, 1988)
National Drug Control Policy (Foley, 1988)
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Substance abuse covered by insurance +50 employees (Chapin,
2011) Fair Sentencing Act 2010 Reduced sentencing for possession
(The White House, 2010). Crack Cocaine vs. Powder Cocaine (Durbin,
2009).
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Signed in by Obama in 2010 Treated as a disease Prevention,
treatment, recovery Stop Crime Increase public health (The White
House, 2012)
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8.7 % of population In 2010, 22.6 million Americans admitted
using drugs 17.4% abuse Marijuana 2.0 million heavy drinkers
(Rasner, 2011) 7% of population in Virginia Marijuana most
common
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College students (Kerklikowske, 2010) 40% binge drink 34 %
abuse prescription drugs Risks Dropping out Lower grades Graduate
School
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Military (Witkeiwitz, 2011) 70% drink alcohol 70% reported
binge drinking 11.5% misuse prescription drugs 11.9% use illicit
drugs 60% of Veterans struggle
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Legalization of Marijuana Legalized in California for medical
use. No medical use (Bergman, 2010)
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Is Substance abuse a disease or moral failure? Moral Failure
(Slate, 2011). Choice Compulsive Sensation Disease is a misfortune
Disease (National Institute on Drug, 2012 Biology Environment
Development
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drugs. Huffington Post. Retrieved from
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F. (2009, January 16). Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Article Doctor.
Retrieved on October 18, 2012 from
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abuse/anti-drug-abuse-act-of-1988-897 Chapin, R. (2011). Social
policy for effective practice. (2nd Ediction ed.). New York:
Routledge. Durbin, R. 111 the Congress, (2009). Fair sentencing act
of 2010 (S 1789). Retrieved from The Library of Congress website:
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bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN01789:@@@D&summ2=m& Foley, T. (1988).
Anti-drug abuse act of 1988 (H.R. 5210). Retrieved from 100th
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Kerlikowske, G. (2011). National Drug Control Strategy.
Retrieved from Executive office of the president of the United St
website:
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National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2012, March). Drug Abuse
Prevention. Science on Drug Abuse and Addiction. Retrieved from
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Slate, S. (2010, October 10). The clean slate. Retrieved from
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choice/ The White House. Office of National Drug Control Policy,
(2012). National drug control strategy Obama Administration
Witkiewitz, K., & Estrada, A. X. (2011). Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Treatment in the Military: Lessons Learned and a Way
Forward. Military Psychology, 23(1), 112-123.
doi:10.1080/08995605.2011.548651
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Victoria Burton
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Older American Act Administration on Aging (AoA) Area Agencies
on Aging (AAA) Senior Community Service Employment Program
(SCSEP)
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Mitt Romney Barak Obama
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Ziliak, Gundersen, 2012
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Older Americans Trickle Down Effect My Granny
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Ziliak, P. J., Gundersen, C. (2012). Senior hunger in America
2010: An annual report. Meals on wheels research foundation.
Retrieved from http://www.mowrf.org/The2010AnnualReport.pdf