That would be baby boomers suffering the after affects of LBJ and the birth of upside downism. Obamacare solves the problem by charging the gen x for their parent's collective mistake. Now boomers get government mental health care.Nationally, more than 6.4 million visits to emergency rooms in 2010, or about 5 percent of total visits, involved patients whose primary diagnosis was a mental health condition or substance abuse. That is up 28 percent from just four years earlier, according to the latest figures available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in Rockville, Md.By one federal estimate, spending by general hospitals to care for these patients is expected to nearly double to $38.5 billion in 2014, from $20.3 billion in 2003. NYT
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Americans going bezerko
E.R. Costs for Mentally Ill Soar, and Hospitals Seek Better Way
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