Abuse of Medicaid and Antipsychotics
A study recently found that children on Medicaid are given antipsychotic drugs at a rate 4 times higher than those on private health insurance.
The implications for health and justice are deep. Antipsychotic drugs are severely overprescribed – and their long-term damage to society has not yet been registered.
The article posits this trend among the poor may be related to short- sighted measures to "efficiently" control problem children.
A more serious and systemic problem is the abuse by the pharmaceutical industry of government programs – and their undue influence over certain segments of the medical community.
These are scary developments that seem to get scarier with time. A serious and systemic response is necessary.
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