Mental Floss (aka mental illness)

If almost everyone acknowledges that mental illness is the cause of mass shootings, suicide, and egregious health care costs, what the fuck are we doing as a country to fix this problem?

Health care costs are out of control.  I cannot afford to send my child to therapy, even though I have mafia-style insurance mediation as a member of the teacher's union.  How can people take care of themselves, let alone their children, when they can't afford to pay for basic mental health care?  If my child goes to therapy twice a week, I pay roughly $300/month.  WITH insurance.  That's utter bullshit.  Theres a reason people don't seek out mental health care.

(Disclaimer:  I am not a racist.  I am not against immigration.) 

When illegal immigrants can get health care which is better than mine, I  now have a problem.  An Emergency Room visit costs me, at minimum, $1200.  People who use the system (ERs) as primary care treatment pay nothing.  Nothing.  That's a great number for them.  I would love to pay nothing for the medical issues which affect me and my family.  I would love to not be stupidly in deep debt just to take myself and my children to the doctor.  Total bullshit.

Here's what DOESN'T help:  a border wall.  People will get over or under or around the wall.  The change has to come from United States government intervention, legislating properly.  I'm not talking about hurting people.  I'm not talking about separating families or putting immigrant children in stupid-ass government-funded holding pens.  I'm talking about REAL change, not just words that look good behind a politician on a banner.  (Like "Make America Great Again.") .

As Americans, can we PLEASE get our collective shit together and help each other?!  We ALL have issues, mentally and personally and financially, so there's no reason to be partisan and vote with an "R" or a "D:  Choose (vote for) people who will improve the country, not suck the president's dick.  (I get that the last sentence is inflammatory, but I think we are past political correctness at this point.)

Let's actually make America great again, by taking care of the mental health of the American people.