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1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 04:59:35 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat
   USA's largest mental health providers remain jails and prisons.  Psychiatric care shouldn't be so excluded from health coverage plans here.
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   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:03:26 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     Psychiatric care isn't considered part of Minimum Essential Coverage under the Affordable Care Act, unfortunately.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:04:37 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     If you need the help, opportunities to get it are difficulty to find.  They can be difficult to pay for out of your pocket in the USA.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:07:37 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     Looking at today's shooting in Texas shows me a case where a psychiatric intervention would've saved lives. The infrastructure wasn't there.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:09:13 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     Taking away the gun wouldn't really have helped.  All that would've changed would've been weapon choice.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:09:57 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     The killer was a dishonorably discharged airman who was busted in rank after abusing his wife and kids.  Weapons proficiency would be high.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:11:09 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     The killer's weapons proficiency unfortunately wouldn't have been limited to guns.  Airmen have more training than that.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:12:17 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     No mental health intervention structures to help early enough let alone provide a way to stick with treatment is a huge but solvable problem
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:13:23 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     We can fix our mental health structure quite faster than we could ever repeal the Second Amendment.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 06-Nov-2017 05:14:44 UTC Stephen Michael Kellat

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     We have too many people with mental health problems that we do too little to help.  That is fixable.