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democrattotheend

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3. Surprisingly, I didn't know that

Reply to BrentWil (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 08:48 PM

Dec 2012

Which is strange since I live with a roommate who has bipolar.

The president gets a lot of credit, as do Democrats (and maybe even a couple Republicans) in Congress who pushed this. I believe Tom Harkin has done a lot of work on mental health parity.

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Today President Obama deserves a HELL of a lot of credit for the Mental health benefits in ObamaCare [View all] BrentWil Dec 2012 OP

Now the next step is, we need to get people that have mental issues to seek the help teddy51 Dec 2012 #1

True... BrentWil Dec 2012 #2

Surprisingly, I didn't know that democrattotheend Dec 2012 #3

The other thing this will help out with her is access to other care BrentWil Dec 2012 #6

Some very interesting information in your link. ... spin Dec 2012 #4

I am kind of surprised that the first few posters didn't understand part of this BrentWil Dec 2012 #5

Bump... BrentWil Dec 2012 #7