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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?
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3 storiesState Treasurer Calls for Divestment from Gun Companies
America's two biggest pension funds are the California Teachers' and Public Employees' Retirement Systems — abbreviated as CalSTRS and CalPERS. Have they invested in companies that make military-style assault weapons like the one used to kill so many children last week in Newtown Connecticut?
Read the story8 minThe Challenge of Mental Illness
In 2004, voters passed Proposition 63 , a one percent tax on Californians who earn more than a million dollars a year. The so-called “Millionaire's Tax,” has now raised some $7 billion — all designated for mental healthcare.
Read the story26 minNewtown Massacre and the Lessons about Mental Illness
Nobody will ever know what led Adam Lanza to slaughter twenty 6- and 7-year-olds last Friday at the Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut. But what has been reported strongly suggests that he was a young man who needed help.
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