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Is the Mental Healthcare Measure Working in California?
The "Millionaire's Tax," passed in 2004, has made$7 billion for mental healthcare. Are needy patients getting the care they need? Are voters getting what they were promised?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe so-called "Millionaire's Tax,"-- Prop 63, passed in 2004 -- has generated some $7 billion, all spent on mental healthcare. Then came the recession. Are needy patients now getting the care they require? Are voters getting what they were promised? Also, are massive pensions funds for teachers and other public employees invested in companies that make guns like those used in the Newtown massacre? State Treasurer Bill Lockyer wants to know. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, a national perspective on mental illness: are sick people being allowed to fall through the cracks?
