If you’ve ever had to pay for COBRA insurance, you know that it is extremely expensive. I’ve had to deal with this a time or two, and to put insult to injury the times you use COBRA are always the ones where you aren’t working and money is tight.
Having the option of using COBRA is great, but the reason it’s so expensive is that you not only pay for your portion, but the portion your employer used to pay as well. Under the new stimulus package signed last month by President Barack Obama, those under COBRA plans may …read more

Tuesday I told you about the shaky mental health care services in Asheville, North Carolina and briefly touched on Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome (ADS), the affliction many folks suffer when they abruptly stop taking their antidepressants.
Keep in mind that ADS isn’t the only negative outcome of losing mental health care coverage – not by a long shot. Abruptly stopping any kind of medication can bring severe mental and physical consequences.
Losing mental health insurance also leaves people without other psychiatric, therapy, and counseling services.
Today, let’s talk about damage control – what you can do if you should ever find yourself without mental …read more