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Claudia is 24 years old. She has a partner and two children. When she was 10 years old, she learned to work the land. Her parents are the ones that taught her, since there was no other trade to learn or subject to study. She grows corn and vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes and chiles that she sells within her own community. To arrive at the land where she plants she has to walk two kilometers on foot on very steep hills and streets, since it's close to a mountain. To buy the farming materials, she has to go down through steep streets till she gets to the place where she can catch the bus, which takes thirty minutes.
The loan she is asking for from Fundación Campo is to buy 8 sacks of fertilizer, 50 pounds of corn, seeds and other materials to grow corn and vegetables. For her it is difficult to travel to town to buy the materials, and with the investment she will buy in a large quantity so that she won't have to travel as much and can save time and money. She will also use the materials in a timely manner. Her goal is to finish her brick house that she building little by little.
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Claudia tiene 24 años de edad, esta acompañada y tiene dos hijos. Desde la edad de los 10 años aprendió a cultivar la tierra; fueron sus padres quienes le enseñaron, ya que no había otro oficio o estudio que aprender. Ella cultiva maíz y hortalizas, como pepino, tomate y chile los que vende al interior de la misma comunidad. Para llegar al terreno en donde siembra tiene que caminar dos kilómetros a pie por laderas y calles muy empinadas ya que esta cerca de un cerro. Para comprar los insumos agrícolas, debe bajar por calles empinadas hasta llegar al lugar en donde aborda el autobús que tarda treinta minutos.
El préstamo que esta solicitando a Fundación Campo, es para comprar 8 sacos de fertilizantes, 50 libras de maíz, semilla y otros insumos para el cultivo de maíz y hortalizas. A ella se le dificulta viajar al pueblo a comprar los insumos y con la inversión comprara por mayor para no viajar tanto y ahorrar tiempo y dinero al mismo tiempo que hará uso de los insumos en el tiempo oportuno. Su objetivo es terminar de construir su casa de ladrillo que poco a poco la esta construyendo.
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"yReader2" hasn't been updated for a couple of years, "Reader Library" has been shut down for a year, and this site is falling further and further behind the curve. What did you do to your volunteer editors?
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The final version (6.2) is available on various freeware sites, e.g. Softpedia, CNet, etc if you look around.
It's a very nice reader, it was my favourite for a long time. I only stopped using it because of problems making it portable (it requires Java Runtime installed) and because Calibre changed to offer a double-page "proper book" style of layout.
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Just took a look at yBook. It's now at version 2 and can handle ePub.
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Runs on any Windows PC (Win95 or later)
Display your book on side-by-side or single pages.
Resize the pages, adjust the margins, set text and paper colour.
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Internationalised menus - Spanish, German, etc
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A bit late but........ Not only is this the best allround software of its type I've found, but:
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A great place for aspiring Authors, too.
Recently I have spent several days playing with different readers (for W7) and my recommendation would be like this:
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The Peanut kids camp is a blend of Bible training and actual missions experience. Peanuts will learn how to share the Gospel, and they will go and do just that. Peanuts on work teams will learn how to do the work and then they will do it. Some elements of the training, such as music, puppets and the Obstacle Course—just their size with a rope swing, tunnel and wall— continue throughout the Peanut program. Peanuts will be taught about
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At Mustard Seed Kids Camp children will learn what the colors of the Wordless Book represent. At the end of the program, your Mustard Seed child will know how to share the plan of salvation with others. Come hear Bible stories, learn a verse that will correspond to the colors of the Wordless Book, do some crafts, run your very own Obstacle Course, and meet missionaries from around the world and hear about their countries.
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Total Mustard Seed Kids Camp involvement is Wednesday , June 22nd – Saturday, June 25th.
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SportsDay columnist Rick "Goose" Gosselin hosted a chat Tuesday morning to talk everything sports. Here are some of the highlights:
Question: Ranger most likely on the move in the next few days?
Gosselin: I'd strongly consider moving Beltre. His market value will never be higher. If Gallo is indeed your third baseman of the future, and he expects to be in Arlington in 2016, then the clock is already ticking on Beltre. This team is going no where in 2013 — and he's the most attractive player the Rangers can shop. See what he's worth and then make the call.
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As I said, typical TV fare. Not bad, but not great either. Marvel movies on the small screen this ain't. It comes off like a less ambitious version of
. I think we can expect some moderately interesting super-powered characters in street clothes along with a lot of plots and scenarios that fit within a budget but not much else. In the end, it's still part of the Marvel universe, so I'll keep it on in the background.
It's also Whedon, so I suspect the writing won't be worse than first season Heroes for the most part.
I don't really watch much of Whedon, but holy crap was it noticeable that he wrote this. Not that I'm complaining, I feel like that alone could get me through the show. The CSI duo I could probably do without (unless they start becoming far more three dimensional characters), but the others seem to work for the most part. However, if they start going with "hero of the week" plots consistently rather than build a story, I do think the show will start to sag. I also think they need to be a bit careful not to over-rely on the movies (obviously, the Avengers are an important part, but Extremis being the threat at the end there is a bit concerning). The show needs to stand on its own two feet.
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I've listened to SACD once and it sure sounded good...
I've heard people say that SACD ought to fail in transient reproduction, (because it can only encode a rise and fall relative to the last time step) so I did some calculations:
'Sampling rate' of SACD = 2.8MHz = 64x 44.1kHz
For encoding tones up to 44.1kHz at full scale, it has to reach full-scale from 0 in 64 steps, that is, at any given time there can only be 64 possible positions for the waveform.
This gives it 6 bits resolution to CD's 16 bits??
OK, suppose you only need to encode up to 22.05kHz at full scale, the number of possible positions increases from 64 to 128--7 bits resolution, big improvement
I doubt this is how DSD actually works, but this article http://www.iar-80.com/page40.html (I linked to page 40, but it seems page 1-39 may be going on and on about the sonic flaws of DSD as well) seems to take this view seriously and goes on to talk about how you try to recover musical information from the 6 bit stream.
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QUOTE (mcg1969 @ Sep 9 2002 - 10:42 PM)
I don't think you can fairly say that SACD is "not by far as good as dvd-a".
Both SACD and DVD-A are overspec'ed, albeit less so for SACD. You don't need 24 bits at 192kHz to get a clean representation of an audio signal; or 24 bits at 96kHz for that matter. So there is no reason whatsoever why perfectly mastered SACD and DVD-A versions of the same music should be distinguishable from each other.
Now of course, the problem with ripping is understandable, but hey in that sense DVD-A PCM can't be ripped either.
As for understanding how SACD works, for me what has sufficed is to note that the signal-to-noise ratio of a DSD signal is lower than 0dB---in other words, there is more noise than signal---but that the vast majority of that noise has been shaped into the inaudible frequency range. So within the audible frequency range, you get all the SNR and dynamic range you want.
a. do a comparison between a "normal/low-fi" cd-player.. that can read a hybrid
sacd.. and a good dvd. then you hear it.. (depends on your ears though..)
on a hybrid sacd.. the content is ordinary red book.. and the
channel info.. lies in a separate dsd layer.. in dvd-a.. the info lies in
the track itself.. ac3/pcm. not vob.. (in a vob file.. there is additional info..)
b. yes it is duable to ripp. 5.1 pcm.. but not a feature soft-developers
put in a history/change.log
(dvd-a pcm tracks is obsolite)
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Liliane: Well, Lily. 我也觉得时间过得很快。And the things that we've learnt at Fudan, I know that we can use it as a stepping stone towards our future studies in Chinese.
Lily:Yes, you're definitely right! 在这个短期时间中,从我们在上海和复旦大学的经验,大家都通过了很多非常有趣的事情。比如说:除了上课以外,我们学了书法,练太极拳,参观了一些上海有名的地方,还有看了一场杂技表演和一部电影。
Liliane: Not only did we do all those great cultural immersion activities but we also got an opportunity to have adventures of our own.
We've eaten a lot of delicious food, seen the lively scenery in and outside of Shanghai, went out and made memories with friends, had time to study and do homework, blogging for the USYD China Exchange blog and shopping.
And thanks to our intensive study and the usage of the Chinese that we've learnt during our stay, our Chinese must have improved a lot.
And I'm sure that everyone had a wonderful time here, right Lily?
Lily: 对呀。我觉得这几个星期,大家都应该过得很开心吧!好像大部分的学生已经舍不得离开复旦和上海了。
可是所有的好事情得要结束了,对吧?那,我们悉尼大学生又要感谢复旦大学的中文老师这几个星期对我们这么温暖和热心的。最重要的就是, 我们也一定要感谢我们分别的中文老师们: 没有您们的教导, 我们目前的中文水平就不会提高这么快!
最后呢,我要特别感谢我们悉尼大学中文系的张老师。因为她付出了很多时间为了给我们这样很棒的机会来到上海学习。而且, 说实话,有的时候, 我们可能不故意的带給她麻烦,不过她总是还是特别的耐心继续为我们好;从来没跟我们发脾气。张老师,您真的辛苦了!
Liliane: We also thank the staff of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature for having us at Fudan and for their support, cooperation and organisation for this in country study.
And like Lily has said, a big thank you to Zhang laoshi for creating an opportunity for us to do in-country study in Shanghai. You've worked really hard, been really patient with us and did everything to make this Fudan in-country program a great one.
And finally I hope that the future in-country study programs in Fudan University continues to be successful like this.
Lily: 所以呢,谢谢张老师,谢谢复旦大学的中文系老师,谢谢大家!


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pinkangelmonkey 9 years
i think he is super cute but i dont care if he is gay or straight really. whatever makes him happy. just hate all the speculation.
Sica 9 years
I can't like him anymore. I love How to lose a guys in ten days. It's one of my favorite movies...He was cute.
Luna13 9 years
aawww wheres lancy pancy? i miss them together, they make a cute couple
Ginger 9 years
Thanks Sugar, I was missing the MM photos. I'll be really bummed when he goes back to work and doesn't have all day to wander the beach without a shirt.
Pinkperfectpixie 9 years
Awwww, now thats what I'm talkin' about!!!
t0xxic 9 years
lol Im sure ull have him as the sexxiest man alive on the wedding day girl. U will soon be the envy of the world. Even my mil likes him she told me to name the baby matthew bc mm is so cute an she sounded like a school girl when she said his name lol
Pinkperfectpixie 9 years
(goes to the corner to weep)
t0xxic 9 years
Im jsut tired of seeing him on the beach or on a bike shave up get suave and be sexy. lol
Pinkperfectpixie 9 years
Oiy Vey...another one who does not like my hubby, I guess you will not be joining us for the wedding???? Tee Hee!!!
t0xxic 9 years
FB1977 9 years
Yay, didn't realize there were so many of us LOL ;-) Toronado, I can SO imagine him smelling...that fits him. He just looks unwashed, ew.
Pinkperfectpixie 9 years
Well! I guess that means I will never have to fight over him...he is all mine...short arms and all!!! (Happy Dance)
Fashiondiva91 9 years
I am SO over him too.
playsindirt 9 years
He seems like such a misogynist. Can't stand him. He's in the mold of Tom Cruise . . . getting by on his looks and something a little "off."
BlackBarbie21 9 years
i love you matthew.
BA4ever 9 years
Finally - someone admits to being over this horseface. He was sort of OK - that is all, and now he is totally obnoxious.He doesn't need any fans - he is in love with himself.
dmumsie 9 years
We all see the cool sexist attitude, fake smile marketing himself as warm and approachable.. freaky-shaped body that is high maintance and fakey whatever else that makes him strangely involved in putting across some kind of personality that is not his own. I have yet to witness him appear normal, friendly and naturally responsive.
Toronado 9 years
Well, okay...he's got a nice body, yeah. But he's just too much of a pretty boy to me.
team_aspartame 9 years
U GUYS, dont bad mouth ppp's hubby..!!
karmasabitch 9 years
LOL @ hobophobe!!! He annoys the crap out of me. His accent, his looks, his attitude, everything about MM = YEEEEEEEEECH.
brokenhalo 9 years
Phew, and there I thought I was alone in not liking MM! I really don't get what's so hot about him, is it the eyes? the body? the smile, coz the smile just screams 'used car salesman' at me, lol!
Toronado 9 years
FB1, I am a member of your club. I have never seen the big deal about this dude. You know, I heard that he smells. I wonder how true that is?
team_aspartame 9 years
FB, i totally agree with u!! Johnny Depp and him .. i dont see it!!
FB1977 9 years
I know I'm one of the rare few that finds ZERO sex appeal in this man. He is just gross!!
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i love him. hawt!


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BPM case study: IBM's Enterprise Transformation
This report explores the implementation of a global multi-year Enterprise Transformation program, built around BPM, which aims to yield $8bn in business productivity improvements over five years within IBM, one of the world's largest technology companies. Rather than detailing individual BPM projects, the report focuses on the frameworks and systems that IBM has put in place to drive a global program of BPM-enabled change.
MWD Advisors case study reports are designed to help organisations considering or actively working with collaboration technology understand how others have worked to obtain benefits from collaboration technology, and how they have worked to overcome challenges that have arisen along the way. All our case study reports follow a standard model, and are researched using a standard process which is driven by senior MWD Advisors analysts.
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- The goal of the initiative is to deliver "radical simplification" of business processes across the company as part of an Enterprise Transformation initiative, with the aim of delivering $8bn worth of productivity gains to shareholders by 2015.
- IBM is pursuing dozens of BPM projects and programs in the context of a broader top-down Enterprise Transformation initiative that's seeing a large-scale operating model shift and the relocation and re-engineering of tens of thousands of positions across the company worldwide.
- The goal of "radical simplification" of processes, defined at the project level, has so far delivered aggregate productivity gains of $1.1bn, and is targeted to deliver a further $2.5bn in the coming years.
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From the moment she said "I have Ebola" and he gave her "that look" – the look of "what did I get myself into?" and "I'm not so sure about this all of the sudden…" – I knew that this SNL parody: The Fault In Our Stars 2: The Ebola In Our Everything (video below) really described trying to have a relationship when you have chronic illness.
SNL Ebola Parody Reminds Me of Living With Chronic IllnessOctober 7, 2014
Not Meant to BeMarch 13, 2014
I don't believe in the phrase "it was meant to be" or "this is all happening for a reason" because I can't believe that people are meant to be hurt. I can't believe that children are meant to starve to death or women abused. I do think that when something happens, even though it's not meant to be, we have an opportunity to create change.
If you follow me on twitter you will see that I've been tweeting a lot about my experience with St. David's HealthCare. I have never seen or experienced so many medical errors and medical record errors in one person's case. What astonishes me aren't the individual errors alone but the number of errors – a true systems failure where there were inexcusable errors at every single point of care. Honestly, it is amazing that I am physically okay considering the errors made – the potential that I could have died. But the mental recovery is ongoing as I process my personal experience and consider how to use the opportunity to ask for change in the medical system. Read the rest of this entry »
My Abuser Found Me OnlineOctober 27, 2013
Abuse is a serious worldwide health and human rights issue. According to the World Health Organization 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual violence. This of course does not include abuse towards children or men. It does not include emotional abuse. And in our age of technology, it does not include an ever more prevalent issue of abuse through the internet.
Almost 13 years after leaving my abuser, last night he found me and contacted me through Google+. I found myself feeling the victim again.
When I left my abuser, I hid. I hid where I lived and what I did. I hid my online presence. I did not want to be "googleable." I would frequently check to make sure I wasn't easily searchable. But as my voice grew stronger and my professional and personal life took me in new directions, I didn't want to hide anymore. I knew I had something to say as an ePatient, as a defender of health as a human right. I wasn't willing to hide. Read the rest of this entry »
Askimo TV Interviews on Health Law and PolicyMarch 30, 2013
I was recently asked to give a series of expert interviews for Askimo on various subjects in health law and policy. Askimo provides three main services: it is a free library of 4-10 minute interviews with experts from around the globe, speaking on issues about which they are most knowledgeable. It could be a tax law or a medical disease — knowledge that is practical and can help in daily life.
"I like knowledge," said David Butnaro, owner of Askimo, based in Tel Aviv, Israel, and soon to have an office in Maryland. He describes Askimo as "a cross between Wikipedia and TED." Currently, the platform has close to 3,000 videos in its library in languages ranging from English to Hebrew to French; 60 percent are in English.
I really enjoyed this opportunity to translate complicated health law and policy subjects and introduce some new ideas like ePatients (I hope I did all ePatients justice) to the world. Who knows how this knowledge will impact someone's life.
Below are links to these interviews.
- International Trade Laws and Pharmaceuticals
- Mental Health
- Genetic Patenting
- Pay for Delay" – Pharmaceutical Patent Dispute Settlements
- Accountable Care Organizations
- Meaningful Use
- Health As A Human Right
- HIPAA and New Technologies
- Being an ePatient
Note – I look forward to the Supreme Court's decision in FTC v. Actavis after oral arguments this Monday, March 25, 2013, exploring the legality of Pay-For-Delay Settlements.
I also look forward to the Supreme Court's Decision in Myriad Genetics which will discusses the patentability of the BRCA-1 and-2 genes and the processes to test for them as discussed in "Genetic Patenting" above.
Forming Nebular Health Tech in AustinMarch 22, 2013
I want to repost this post from the new Nebular Health Tech group founded today in Austin, TX. As you can tell from this blog, Health IT is incredibly important to me as a human rights advocate, an ePatient, a lawyer, and an activist.
Here is the story about forming Nebular Health Tech in Austin:
While other posts may be more innovation news oriented (guest posts welcome!), I wanted to start with a post about the formation of Nebular Health Tech – what this group is about, who we are, what we'll do, how we can make a difference in health and healthcare.
What Nebular Health Tech is About:
Nebular Health Tech formed after an explosion of ideas and people coming together in Austin for the development of ideas and solutions around Health IT. Starting in April 2011, I started cold calling and hitting the ground to meet as many people as I could interested in health in any way – payors, designers, developers, marketers, providers, patients, etc. At the same time, I formed a Health 2.0 Austin chapter to gather us together to connect and foster innovation. We started holding monthly meetings – our first presented by DocBookMD and Visible Health in the summer of 2011. We had fun social gatherings around town. In October 2011, we held a code-a-thon. By then the listserv had grown to almost 400 people.
But Austin's group needed a new direction – something truly unique to our community. Austin needed a place where limits could be broken and new ideas could spark. After a few months of hibernation and personal loss, I thought and others told me that we needed to gather again, we needed to reignite – it was too important not to. And so the idea of Nebular Health Tech began.
As I started to think how we could rekindle, I thought first of a phoenix – rising anew from the ashes. I then came across the Phoenix Cluster, a nebula having been dormant for possibly billions of years but now know to be one of the most active nebulae forming about 740 new stars per year.
And, I thought how perfect this image fit our community – the phoenix, star creation by joining forces, the wonders of space that have for all time sparked imaginations and led to some of the most important innovations. We may feel nebulous, but we can come together to form something amazing and world changing. This is who we are and what we can be.
Who We Are:
Nebular Health Tech is everyone. We are patients, providers, entrepreneurs, hospital administrators, policy makers, hackers & coders, pharmacists, insurance companies/payors, UI/UX'ers, reporters, social media experts, startups, engineers, quantified self'ers, VC's & Angel Investors, caregivers, mental health providers, teachers, gamers, students, marketers and most importantly
All who want to break boundaries and change the world.
Nebular is founded on the values of innovation, inclusiveness, mutual support, and openness. The group only works if we are all coming together to create momentum for change.
What We'll Do:
Nebular will continue the traditions started in 2011 with monthly meetings, social gatherings, and events. Our first event will be at projekt202 as we discuss how their Interaction designers collaborated with providers to change the principles of user-centered design. Our next event will feature Regina Holliday and the film about her mural "73 Cents." And as these are planned, we'll send out emails and use social media to invite everyone to join us. (follow us on Twitter @NebularHlthTech).
From there, who knows? We can organize events and meetings however we want. Nebular welcomes ideas to gather and discuss health IT, for all of our healthcare innovators to make connections, to encourage making solutions for health and healthcare, and perhaps to work with community leaders to create an incubator/accelerator to carry those solutions forward. We'll support any ideas and initiatives to bolster the health IT community in Austin. We can hold other events, partner and team up with other organizations, and just enjoy each other's company.
How We Can Make a Difference:
There's no telling what we can do once we get the momentum going. Our collective talents, knowledge, passion, and personal experiences can help us create stars. As nebulae, we and the impact we have on the world will be boundless. I hope you will join us.
The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up the nebulae that burn inside the stars themselves. We are star stuff. – Victor Tenbaum
Affordable Mental Health Care in AmericaFebruary 9, 2012
Access to and affordability of mental health services is dismal in this country. In continuing the discussion about affordability of health care in America, below I discuss issues of access specifically in regards to mental health care in light of the Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While these laws have made some small progress to improving access to of mental health care in the private insurance realm, many still are unable to receive the treatment they need. In truth, I do not think w will see a meaningful increase in access mental health care because even in light of these policy changes, it remains unaffordable.
Changes to Cost:
Before the MHPA of 2008, private insurance could set different coverage limits on mental health services. The MHPA changed this, requiring insurers to cover mental health like medical/surgical benefits. But it still allows an employer to restrict the extent and scope of this coverage. I think most people assume this parity means mental health services that are covered are as extensive as medical/surgical coverage, but really it means that the copays, coinsurance, and deductibles, and lifetime & annual limits for services are the same.
By 2014, the Affordable Care Act prohibits insurance plans from imposing annual dollar limits on the amount of coverage an individual may receive – this would apply to both medical/surgical coverage and mental health coverage because of parity. Before, an insurance plan could stop paying on your benefits after your total medical costs were over $500,000 that year, if that were the limit they chose. This includes all medical, surgical and mental health benefits. This is a problem if you have a serious mental illness and are hospitalized several times or need intensive inpatient treatment (which they may or may not cover) and you need prescriptions for your mental health or have comorbid/coexisting conditions like type 2 diabetes or cancer. That limit could be reached fairly easily, leaving an individual to pay the rest of the expenses out of pocket. But as of September 1st last year, they must cover at least up to $1.25 million. Next year that will be raised to $2 million. And by January 1, 2014 they cannot have any limits. So no matter what care you need, medical, surgical, mental health, you will only pay your premium, copays, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts.
Expanding Services Covered:
The services covered under an insurance plan – i.e. which providers you can see, what diagnoses/illnesses are covered, how many visits they'll pay for – still varies by insurance policy. Each state has its own rules on what insurance plans must offer. Thus, unless codified, insurance policies do not have to offer coverage for mental health services that they do not want to cover. In Texas, the legislature has debated whether insurance plans must cover treatment for eating disorders. Currently, insurers do not have to consider that a "serious mental illness" and thus do not have to offer coverage for an insured seeking treatment for that condition. Thus, even if you have some mental health coverage, it may not treat the conditions for which you need help.
Under the ACA, individual and small group insurance plans must cover certain "essential health benefits" (EHBs). These are meant to be a comprehensive set of services and include "mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioural health treatment" coverage. However, EHBs are not yet defined and there is a lot of controversy as the rules and regulations are developed. As of now, the Department of Health and Human Services is primarily leaving it up to the states to decide what counts as an EHB. So while mental health must be covered in small group or individual plans, at what level or which conditions depends on where you live. However, mental health coverage for these plans should be similar to large group insurance plans which will be used as benchmarks.
Regardless, even if insurance does cover mental health illnesses that a particular individual person suffers from, many mental health providers will not accept private health insurance, rendering coverage fairly meaningless. Certainly, insurers have to have to be contracted with therapists in your area. They have to provide "network adequacy" meaning that you should be able to find a mental health provider that will take your insurance and they can give you a list of those providers. But because few providers take insurance, the ones that will take your insurance may be backed up, their schedules full. Now, an insured can request a "special exception" or "in-network exception," but this is a bit complicated and frustrating at times.
Removing Pre-existing Condition Exclusions:
Currently, insurers can refuse coverage for pre-existing conditions, including mental health illness. They can deny coverage if the condition was documented or if a reasonable person would have known they had an illness. This created an interesting situation for individuals filling out intake forms for their health care providers or what health care providers might put in their notes in terms of what documentation exists to show you knew you had a pre-existing condition.
Many group plans do not have pre-existing condition exclusions (partly because the risk is spread out among a larger population). But when someone loses a job or leaves for a smaller employer or self-employment, they may lose that coverage (if they can afford it, and the employer keeps providing insurance, the former employee can stay on the insurance plan by paying the premium out of pocket, which gives them 18 more months of coverage).
When losing health insurance, the insurance company must send you a certificate of creditable coverage. Creditable coverage generally means that you were insured within the previous 60 days. With the certificate, you may avoid limits on pre-existing conditions when you apply for insurance again. But creditable coverage only lasts those 60 days. So if you applied for insurance on day 61, insurance companies can exclude your pre-existing conditions.
As part of the ACA, by 2014 an insurance plan cannot consider refuse to cover pre-existing conditions including mental health conditions. Already, under the ACA, insurers cannot limit or deny coverage for pre-existing conditions for children. This will be expanded to adults in the next few years. Additionally, in 2014, insurance plans cannot charge higher premiums, put lifetime limits on coverage for key benefits, or deny coverage because of a mistake on an application.
Until 2014, individuals with pre-existing conditions who cannot afford insurance or whose employer does not provide insurance can get coverage through their state's Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP). Some states also have high risk pools, but PCIP is much more affordable. The drawback being that you have to have no insurance coverage at all for 6 months prior to applying for PCIP and for high risk pools as well. PCIP will only last until 2014 when insurance plans can no longer deny or limit coverage for pre-existing exclusions.
Do current policies increase access to mental health care?
Theoretically, considering mental health parity and the elimination of annual dollar limits on coverage, coverage for EHPs, and insurance plans no longer restricting coverage of pre-existing conditions, yes. But this won't happen for two more years really. And ACA does not change what exactly insurance plans will cover – other than the obscure EHBs. Nor does the ACA require mental health care providers to accept health insurance, so finding a therapist who treats your condition (if it is covered) is contracted with your insurer can be a huge barrier to access. The ACA does not put limits on premiums, co-pays, co-insurance, or deductibles. Premium increases (the amount they change from year to year) must be reviewed and are limited. But premiums can still be really high. More "affordable" plans, mean higher deductibles, co-pays, and co-insurance. And these monetary barriers do not just effect your ability to see a medical or mental health care provider but also your ability to afford medications as prescribed by those providers. In addition, we must consider whether there are even enough medical or mental health care providers to even address and treat mental health conditions. So even if the ACA provides slightly better access, that access can be limited if there aren't enough providers to help everyone.
Though policy changes are making small positive changes in addressing mental health care in America, is there really increased access to mental health care? No.
Help the HomelessJanuary 6, 2012
We are all one step away from homelessness. The security we have in our jobs, homes, and family can disappear in the blink of an eye. Homelessness does not just happen to those who made "bad" choices in their lives, people on drugs or convicts. Homelessness can happen to those who lose their jobs or affected by natural disasters. Homelessness affects those with mental illness who cannot find the services they need. Homelessness affects those leaving abusive situations. Homelessness affects our children who are neglected or rejected because of their sexual orientation. Homelessness affects those who served our country and fought for our freedoms.
The homeless are our neighbors, our peers, our friends forgotten. The homeless are us.
While no count of the homeless is quite accurate:
- There are 730,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the United States.[1]
- Of that number, 238,110 are people in families, and
- 404,957 are individuals.
- 17 percent of the homeless population is considered chronically homeless and
- 12 percent of the homeless population – 67,000 – are veterans.[2]
- 3 million people, 1.3 million of them children, are likely to experience homelessness in a given year.[3]
What might keep someone homeless? It's not a lack of will to pull oneself out of such a situation. Who among us would choose to remain homeless? Such circumstances are embarrassing and degrading. We must understand why our neighbors are homeless in order to help them. Many factors are involved – finding affordable housing, finding a job, physical ailments or mental health issues and no services to address them. According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a family with one full-time worker earning minimum wage cannot afford rent for a 2-bedroom home anywhere in the US. In other words, a single mom or dad with 2 kids cannot afford a home even if they are working full-time. Imagine if those kids needed medical attention or they were laid off? What then?
Why discuss homelessness on a health blog, because homelessness and health or inextricably linked. About half of the homeless have suffer from mental health issues – many are schizophrenic. Almost half of the homeless have addiction issues. Yet they do not have access to treatment for these issues. Those who are homeless often cannot seek treatment for physical illnesses like HIV/AIDS or diabetes (type 1 or 2) or afford medications to treat them. And even if they were to get the medication, where would they keep it? How could they refrigerate their insulin or safely keep the needles to inject it with? And if they cannot help themselves, they often end up in emergency rooms. According to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, homeless people spent an average of four days longer per hospital visit than comparable non-homeless people. This extra cost, approximately $2,414 per hospitalization, is attributable to homelessness.[4] A study of hospital admissions of homeless people in Hawaii revealed that 1,751 adults were responsible for 564 hospitalizations and $4 million in admission costs. Their rate of psychiatric hospitalization was over 100 times higher than their non-homeless cohort. The researchers conducting the study estimate that the excess cost for treating these homeless individuals was $3.5 million or about $2,000 per person.[5]
How can we help our fellow men, women and children when they need us the most? One way to do so is to participate in the HUD point-in-time counts. At the end of January, communities canvass their cities to determine who is homeless in order to receive funds for services and programs to address needs and end homelessness including health services.
On January 22, 2012 Austin Involved is helping out Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) with their Point-In-Time Count in Travis County. As part of the count, ECHO is providing (with the help of Austin Involved) socks and travel sized toiletries. And I plan to bring along some candy – which is ever so meaningful to the hungry and those on drugs (do not judge them for being on drugs, they still deserve to eat) or who may be in detox. Those wanting to join us please RSVP at http://austininvolved.org/what-we-do/community-projects/. Those wanting to help the homeless in their communities – contact one of your local homeless service organizations.
Other ways to help:
- Donate to local clothing closets those that will give your donations away for free (remember when you have nothing, even a $1 at Goodwill can be too expensive) like – Lisa's Hope Chest here in Austin. Donate:
- Household goods
- Books
- Stuffed Animals
- Computers
- Toiletries
- Clothing – not just a t-shirt but socks and underwear too
- Old phones (these can help the abused call 911 for help)
- Carry candy in your car or purse and hand it out to those panhandling on the street. Food helps.
- Contribute to food drives and pantries
- Don't judge – Listen to the stories of those who need our help, you never know who you'll meet or what you'll learn. Smile and wish them a good day. Let them know they are loved.
"Souls which have fallen to the bottom of all possible misfortune, unhappy men lost in the lowest of those limbos at which no one any longer looks, the reproved of the law, feel the whole weight of this human society, so formidable for him who is without, so frightful for him who is beneath, resting upon their heads" – Victor Hugo, Les Miserables.
Let us recognize and help these souls. Let us allay their fright. Let us relieve our neighbors from the burdens that would keep them homeless and in despair.
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Budgets are being published this week in London and in Washington. But the offerings from her majesty's government and from congressional Republicans are radically different in tone, purpose, and significance.
I have spent most of my professional life reporting on, reacting to, or helping to craft UK budgets. And I have struggled to understand the politics of U.S. budgets, especially when the federal government is divided politically. Read More »


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If This Cadillac Is A Rockin' Don't Come A Knockin'
Buy The Cadillac 80-Something Warren Buffett Knows Without Question 16-17 Year Old Warren Buffett Would've Bedded Some Buxom Young Milkmaids In
A teenage Buffett would've done some damage to this car, if y'know what he means.
Your $1,500 Will Now Get You Much More Than Four Hedge Fund Fleeces
Earlier this week, an anonymous veteran of the hedge fund world took to eBay to […]
McKesson, Blue Cross top digital health's most trusted corporate VCs
Corporate venture capital has begun to rival "traditional" venture capital and angel investing in its importance as an investment source for healthcare industry innovation. However, unlike VCs and angels, there is a dearth of information on how the various players in the corporate venture sector operate.
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SAC Fleeces! Get Yer SAC Fleeces!
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Don't Let Opportunity To Dress Yourself Exclusively In MF Global-Branded Apparel Pass You By
Waxing nostalgic for the dearly departed brokerage firm? Don't have any connection to the place or sentimental feelings for it whatsoever but in need of a new wardrobe? You're in luck. An online auction of MF Global "memorabilia" is being held through Wednesday and all shit must go!
Between the t-shirts, windbreakers, and stadium blanket that can double as pants, you've got a whole outfit. Want to get a jump start on Christmas gifts for your colleagues but don't want to break the bank? Nothing will say "I really enjoy working with you" quite like MF Global mugs, hats, pens, mouse pads, sticky notes, and "blue bags containing tissues." Finally, the crown jewel of the lot are the "light up bouncy balls with MF Global logo." Don't let yourself be outbid.
HyperAMS Releases Video Preview for MF Global Bankruptcy Auction: Fine Art, CBOT Vintage Clacker Board, Memorabilia [Equities via BI]
Do You Let Your Watch Talk For You?
And if so, do want to wear one that says "I love UBS and I don't care who knows it" but unfortunately do not work for the bank and therefore were not given a timepiece that says just that? Do not despair.
You, too, can now own Swatch watch that was specially commissioned to commemorate UBS's 150th birthday, provided you beat out all the other guys and girls who want a piece of it.
Swatch Irony UBS Limited Edition – YCZ4001 – New for 2012 [eBay]
Go Pitch Your Money Management Skills Elsewhere, Warren Buffett Is All Stocked Up Here
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Bernie Madoff Had A Belly Button Ring
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has sent investigators to Missouri to look into a cluster of fungal infections in victims of the Joplin tornado.
Kristen Nordlund, a spokeswoman for the federal agency, said investigators arrived in Missouri on Tuesday. She said the state Department of Health and Senior Services asked the CDC for help in the investigations.
Jacqueline Lapine, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Senior Services, said CDC "has deployed assets to Springfield and Joplin to do further investigation into these reports."
The infection, mucormycosis, may have a fatality rate of 50 percent or higher. It has sickened about eight people who were injured in the tornado. The spores can infect people with traumatic injuries, but the fungal infections are rare in healthy people and clusters of them are even rarer.
Officials have said at least three people with the infections have died, but whether the infection caused all or some of the deaths is unclear.
Officials at the Joplin Health Department, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department and St. John's Health System said Wednesday that they have not talked with the CDC about the fungal infections.
"We have heard about the possible collaboration between us and the CDC, and we welcome that," said Dr. Will Sistrunk at St. John's.