My 19-year-old son is in a post-high school program that offers trial work assignments, independent living skills, and social skills, combined with some community college. We are hopeful that he will develop work skills. Social challenges are his most immediate challenge. The prospect of no health insurance because of a lack of full-time... Read more
Following receipt of our August 13, 2009 e-mail blast to our 68,000 constituents titled Get Involved-Health Care Reform and Congress-13 Principles to Consider, a gentleman asked to be removed from our mailing list. He was in his fifties and has lived with AD/HD his entire adult life. He commented that to deal with AD/HD, CHADD did not need to... Read more
This morning I attended a Campaign for Mental Health Reform congressional briefing, "The Integration of Mental Health and Health: Evidence from the Medical Home." CHADD is a Campaign member. All five congressional committee draft healthcare reform legislative proposals contain financial incentives for creating and expanding "medical" or... Read more
CHADD is pursuing the promotion of health and wellness as part of our health care reform agenda.
A blogger and former CHADD chapter coordinator reacted to last week's blog on health care reform messages noting: "Totally left out of the debate are such factors as encouraging health and wellness. A huge chunk of our health care costs arise... Read more
Every day in the national media there are reports of the debates, discussions, proposals, and controversies about national health care reform. This is a very complicated arena.
Here are the highlights of CHADD's priorities for health care reform (as of today).
CHADD, as a member of the National Health Council Voluntary Health... Read more