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Blue_Tires

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16. Well, the policy has worked so well for "reducing" the local homeless population

Reply to raccoon (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 15, 2013, 04:23 PM

Apr 2013

it's no wonder they'd expand it for the mentally ill...

I remember the City of Atlanta did it in the run-up to the olympics...Even put up announcements in all the shelters...

I don't care how tight your budget is, or how much political pressure there is from on high...I have NO idea how even mediocre healthcare professionals can sign off on this and sleep at night with a clean conscience

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

I've heard this called "Greyhound therapy." Probably Nevada isn't the only state doing this. nt raccoon Apr 2013 #1

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

Yep. Sent to Austin, TX because that's where bleeding-heart hippies live. For decades. Eleanors38 Apr 2013 #12

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

community bases options are wonderful if there are really community based options dembotoz Apr 2013 #8

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