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Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

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88%
Yes
12%
No
80%
Yes
10%
No
4%
Yes, but only increase funding for personalized care instead of subsidizing pharmaceutical companies
2%
No, incentivize private companies to address this issue instead
4%
Yes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services
0%
No, and too many people are abusing the system by making false disability claims
0%
No, and the government should not be involved in healthcare

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 @8NW83TJfrom Alberta  answered…6yrs6Y

The government should fund research into appropriate treatments.

 @9HXZTXMfrom Ontario  answered…2yrs2Y

There needs to be more mental health care professionals as so many people are falling through the cracks and not getting help

 @9FGPSTVfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

We need the mentally ill medicated and not wandering the streets homeless.

 @9F5KMPVfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

Therapy and counseling should be free . A person cannot be physically healthy if they are mentally ill. Mental health care should be included in universal health care. We need to be researching mental illness more and give more funding so people who are in need get quality therapy. Diagnosing mental disorders should be free as well.

 @9WQ3CTZfrom Saskatchewan  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes for low income areas

 @9VNS4FPfrom British Columbia  answered…2yrs2Y

I think it's in a good place right now

 @BDFWPJDfrom Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

No, the human mind and soul are much more simple than they're made out to be and people need to make basic improvements to their life first and foremost.

 @B89J6HLfrom British Columbia  answered…8mos8MO

I think now is not a good time to add new spending seeing how big the deficit is, but I would not be against maybe more funding for it but not now

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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