Mental Health Parity Update: Contact Congress Now!
March 6, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Last night I spread the word about the House passing the Paul Wellstone Mental Health And Addiction Equality Act (H.R. 1424), reminded you that though we still have much to do the goal is in sight, and promised to keep you updated as new information became available.
Well, less than 24 hours later, I’ve received an advocacy alert from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) urging me to send a message to President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, my U.S. Senators, and my U.S. House Representative.
I encourage you to do the same!
You can read the DBSA Advocacy Alert online. At the bottom of the alert, the DBSA has conveniently included a form you can complete that will send an email message to Bush, Cheney, your Senators and your Representatives.
It’s too simple not to complete and send!
Remember, we’re currently in the middle of Patient Safety Awareness Week. With the “Grab Drug Advertisements by the Pills” series I’ve been running here at Mental Health Notes, I’ve been trying to help you become patients who are more active in their health care.
What better way to get more active in your health care than by urging the powers that be to develop and agree upon the same version of the Paul Wellstone Mental Health And Addiction Equality Act (H.R. 1424) and by urging the President to pass it?
Alicia,
Thought your readers may be interested in a mental health campaign I’m helping to start called everyminute.org that is fighting stigma in trying to organize a grassroots lobbying force to secure more research funding. We just launched our website last week at http://www.everyminute.org Please check it out if it sounds interesting to you. Thanks!
Jace
Thanks so much for sharing this information Jace! I’m always interested in passing along news about advocacy and the fight against stigma. I plan to include the link to everyminute.org (what an awesome name, by the way) in this week’s Saturday Sanity post at MHN, but if you have time to write up a special intro-type article for MHN readers I’d be more than willing to post it in a post of its own here at MHN. It may also help spread the word and get more signatures on that declaration.
Alicia,
I just found your response to my comment, and I would love to write you up an intro if you still would like to write about everyminute.org in your Saturday Sanity post. Email me, and let me know what you are looking for and how many words! Thanks for all that you are doing!
Jace
Good deal, check your email Jace!