tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975419522980959048.post6862519971545770219..comments2022-11-02T07:02:52.522-04:00Comments on Mother Clucker - One Mother's View of the World: End Discrimination Against the Severely Mentally IllFlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18060597310904262745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975419522980959048.post-14874822866593804982009-12-01T21:03:47.550-05:002009-12-01T21:03:47.550-05:00There is nothing more discriminatory than the IMD ...There is nothing more discriminatory than the IMD exclusion. People with mental illness between the age of 18 and 65 cannot have their long term hospitalization paid for through medicaid. Any other disorder can.<br /><br />Now in California, the discrimination has gone even further as the Gov's budget says those folks in long term care who are otherwise qualified for medi-cal {the CA Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828285399505755939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8975419522980959048.post-53258161257491173092009-12-01T13:31:01.149-05:002009-12-01T13:31:01.149-05:00The IMD Exclusion is one of the most important iss...The IMD Exclusion is one of the most important issues that exists in terms of why the mentally ill don't receive care. The IMD Exclusion basically prohibits Medicaid for paying for patients who have a disorder in the brain and need long-term hospitalization. If the disorder is in any other organ, Medicaid pays. So State's dismiss people from hospitals sicker and quicker. I co-authored a Mental Illness Policy Orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01271590567394649679noreply@blogger.com