EST November 6, 2013 Social media campaigns are aimed at persuading young people to buy insurance. (Photo: AP) Affordable Care Act requires insurers to treat mental health as they would any other ailment One study showed 18% of young patients were diagnosed with mental illness Average cost of treating mental illness was $7,000 a year per patient SHARE 365 CONNECT 165 TWEET 64 COMMENTEMAILMORE WASHINGTON High mental health costs for young adults threaten to undermine a key assumption of the Affordable Care Act: that insuring more young people will lower costs because they are healthier and require less expensive care. The Obama administration estimates that 2.7 million people between the ages of 18 and 30 need to buy health insurance through the federal and state marketplaces to offset the health care needs of older Americans buying insurance as required by the Affordable Care Act. But while those younger Americans may not have physical ailments, they are more likely to have mental health issues that will now be treated the same as physical problems because of the law. An analysis of insurance records of 6.8 million people 18 to 35 years old by data analysis firm BeyondCore showed that 18% had been diagnosed with a mental health condition, such as depression or an eating disorder, said Arijit Sengupta, the company’s CEO.
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NC pledges solutions for mental health system
Policy changes: Beyond ergonomics and physical exercise, organizations can also create age-friendly workplaces by offering programs that accommodate the needs and desires of aging workers. Programs that enable employees of all ages to pursue less linear careers ones in which they can move laterally from one capacity to another — will facilitate new approaches to building careers that last five and six decades. Also critical are programs that promote ongoing education, training, and financial planning, as well as sabbaticals and “time off” to pursue individual interests. Additionally, the ideal age-friendly workplace offers flexibility. Many aging workers must provide care for loved ones who suffer from chronic disease. For employees who act as caregivers, they need the flexibility to manage doctor’s visits, run household errands, and manage medical issues.
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How Work Can Improve Mental Health Among the Aging
“We will succeed. You have my continued pledge that I, my devoted staff, will continue to work with each other, will continue to work with all of you, to make sure that we provide the best possible service for the citizens of our state.” She said the new proposals would be data driven, with accountability provided through a new “scoreboard” tracking key statistics about ER visits and hospitalizations already collected by the state. McCrory appointed Wos, a wealthy Greensboro doctor and Republican political donor, to lead the state’s massive health and human services agency in January. Her tenure has resulted in sharp criticism from members of her own party over six-figure contracts awarded to politically-connected advisers and high salaries for young ex-campaign staffers with little or no experience in the areas they were hired to oversee. The agency also bungled roll outs of pricey new computer systems for processing Medicaid claims and food stamp applications. After Wos finished her remarks, she hustled out of the room with aides without taking any questions from the media.
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Report: Rash of suicides at D.C. jail points to deep problem with inmates’ mental health care
Davis At a council hearing, the corrections chief reveals that an officer was fired for lying on observation records. Mike DeBonis and Aaron C. Davis Name-change vote was a high-profile but brief stop on a lengthy council agenda. In his report, Hayes said published procedures on suicide prevention at the Districts jail werent the problem. Many were quite good and comprehensive, he wrote, but their implementation was another story. In many areas, he said, the jail and health-care provider Unity Health Care should take immediate corrective action.
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