The House and Senate passed and the President signed the $1.1 trillion 2016 budget bill (HR 2029) late last Friday, Dec. 18. The great news is this budget bill includes important new investments in mental illness research and services including:
$85.4 million boost for research at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
$50 million more for services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
$255 million increase for veterans mental health treatment
Read on to see more about how the 2016 budget impacts people with mental illness.
Sounds good, especially $255 million for veterans, when I lived in my auto in Miami and elsewhere I met many veterans who lived in the streets and they complained about many things, one Cherokee Indian had even thrown away his medals he had received in Vietnam War, I suppose this is one step in the right direction.
I think it’s great, don’t get me wrong, but we used to spend $2.2 billion on a single B2 Bomber. I just wish our country would put things in perspective.
Finally a step in the right direction. We need to stop spending millions on new ways to blow people to bits and start spending money on things that help society
I agree. I think defense is important and I think we need to have a prepared military, but there seems like there is so much waste in the defense sector. $400,000,000 is less than 1% of our military budget.
Once I met one 1st Gulf War veteran on the beach of Miami Beach and after a while discussing with him, he sounded weird and then he asked beer, I did not have any and then he left and made a comment that he can do anything for benefiting Bill Clinton. I wondered what he meant.
Personally i think we need to come together as a world and only spend money on defenses from evil aliens and the robots. Im telling ya’ll the robots are a real threat.
I agree that we need to divert our spending in military to better mental health and law enforcement. Police officers should be trained to de-escalate situations, not escalate them. Healthcare should be a human right, not a limited choice.
