Hazelden Applauds Health Care Ruling

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Submitted by alkieanon on Sun, 07/01/2012 - 15:01

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Hazelden Applauds Health Care Ruling: Hazelden President and CEO Mark Mishek said he was greatly relieved by today's US Supreme Court decision to largely uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, calling it "an essential step forward for millions of people who need help overcoming addiction." Mishek noted that tens of millions of uninsured Americans now can gain access to nondiscriminatory addiction treatment services under the law, which includes addiction treatment as part of the "essential health benefits" package to be sold by all health care plans in the insurance "exchanges." "This historic, life-saving ruling lifts the burdens and obstacles that had been set before those who wished to find freedom from the disease of addiction," said Mishek.

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/28/4596234/hazelden-applauds-health-care.html

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JR Harris

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 15:53

That 28K has a disproportionate amount spent on the "AA get out of jail free card" and would be better spent on "real" diseases instead of fake made up Spiritual Maladies. Hazelden is helping to destroy the insurance funding of the US healthcare system. They should bill each states correctional facility expenditures to make up the difference.

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Persephone In Exile

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 16:12

Well, Hazelden notwithstanding, I'm cheering as well!!!! WOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! And another giant round of cheers! Dancing in the streets!

Sorry, my happiness over this has spilled over into every area of life. I'll try to contain myself;)

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alkieanon

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 16:46

"Orange" (Aren't) you glad that AA "neither endorses nor opposes any causes". BSEG!

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JR Harris

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 21:29

What other organization is allowed to publish the original "Book of Shadows" called the "Big Book" (original monolith manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous) and not get sued?

Hazelden releases first-ever publication of original Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book) working manuscript

As the "bible" for the worldwide fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the Big Book is arguably the most influential and important 20th century book on recovery from alcoholism and other drug addiction. It has been translated into more than 50 languages. The sale of this original working manuscript, which secured $1.56 million during its 2004 auction at Sotheby's, was ranked by Fine Books & Collections as among the top 10 of the year, along with the auction of the Magna Carta. The manuscript's current owner made available to the world-renowned addiction treatment center and publisher, Hazelden, high resolution scans of this historic document that in 1939 became the book Alcoholics Anonymous -- which Hazelden has published in a four-color cloth edition and brought to the world as a piece of cultural, medical and publishing history.

Source:http://www.hazelden.org/web/public/101001pr.page

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alkieanon

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 16:51

"Orange" (Aren't) you glad that "Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy". BSEG!

http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=10754&item=...

istj04

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 18:25

You would think that HMO's would be the FIRST to deny coverage of addiction "treatment", since it is CLEARLY VOLUNTARY BEHAVIOR, involving NO IN-voluntary acquisition (as real diseases do!). I look forward to some LAWSUITS from HMO's towards U.S. Dept. of HHS, etc. on this! Once it gets finalized in court that addiction is a VOLUNTARY BEHAVIOR, the HMO's will NOT have to cover 12 Step "treatment" (or any other kind of treatment for this crap!), and will save MILLIONS (of $!). Normally, I think that all HMO's should be micro-managed, since it IS they who drive up the cost of health care, but on this issue, I am on THEIR SIDE! They need to SUE! SUE! SUE! And be quick about it!

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Persephone In Exile

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 20:48

istj, you don't really feel that way do you? That it's all entirely voluntary? In any case, how would you like to see people handled who are trying to detox? I just personally feel that that requires medical assistance. Not that people get much of that now, but I'd like to see people treated more humanely and completely medically while detoxing--which would require insurance companies being on board.

Know what IS cunning and baffling? This argument between the disease and choice camps. I can't figure out which is worse.

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JR Harris

Sun, 07/01/2012 - 21:36

I don't believe that this article is talking about Detox, Hazelden could care less about Detox, they just want to make sure that they can continue to charge 28K to learn Bill Wilson chanting. Hazelden doesn't teach or run Detox facilities directly, but they are infiltrating them in an attempt to get them to send people Hazelden run or inspired rehab facilities.

"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.