The state’s mental health mess
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
By Staff
Getting North Carolina's wasteful, inefficient mental health program on course will be like turning around an ocean liner at sea.
But for the General Assembly and next governor, improving shoddy care for the mentally ill and reining in wildly out-of-control costs to taxpayers must be priorities.
In an ongoing investigation, The News & Observer of Raleigh describes how the ill-conceived 2001 overhaul assigning services previously overseen by county and state government to the private sector has failed miserably.
The bottom line is threefold.
First, the Department of Health and Human Services is spending way too much on questionable services offered by marginally qualified private providers. Costs are estimated to be 10 times what they should have been. (more…)
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