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StrayKat

(570 posts)

11. I don't know.

Reply to angstlessk (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 01:57 PM

Apr 2013

But, if the state declares you mentally incompetent, don't they grant themselves the right to act as your guardian/caretaker, in which case, probably not kidnapping.

Still patient dumping is all kinds of wrong.

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Nevada buses hundreds of mentally ill patients to cities around country [View all] douglas9 Apr 2013 OP

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It is not the only state or town. Skidmore Apr 2013 #4

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Well, the policy has worked so well for "reducing" the local homeless population Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #16

a gift from Reagan nt d_r Apr 2013 #2

Don't just blame the past, it's also a consequence of current medicaid policies of the states HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #5

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great now I have to delete d_r Apr 2013 #9

This state has been doing this since the 80s, through both republican and Democratic administrations Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #3

Best health care in the WORLD! progressoid Apr 2013 #6

This is so fucked up Marrah_G Apr 2013 #7

Shouldn't that be considered kidnapping? n/t angstlessk Apr 2013 #10

I don't know. StrayKat Apr 2013 #11

It is fraudulent and highly unethical, but not kidnapping... Blue_Tires Apr 2013 #15

God bless America ...home of the sociopaths. L0oniX Apr 2013 #13

That's kind of mean... Quantess Apr 2013 #14