Monthly Archives: December 2007

Mental Health Parity Could Reduce Access Unless Out-of-Network Care Included

From BNA (12/18):
Study Sees Need for Out-of-Network Care in Implemention of Mental Health Parity
Proposed legislation on mental health parity could reduce access to mental health care if it does not support the treatment of patients by providers outside of plan networks, according to a study set for Dec. 18 release by the journal Health Affairs.
“Parity […]

What is Hope?

Dear friends,
During this season of Advent, I’ve been thinking a lot about “hope.” What is hope anyway? What does it look like? What color is it?
I posed this question to a group of folks and received this response.
What is hope?  The past few weeks have been very difficult for me.  Just as my MS has […]

Reader Question about Therapeutic Horse Riding Programs

Anyone with information for Mike Howard is invited to contact him at 208-880-1902.
Dear Friends, At Blazing Hope Youth Ranch we have a 4 year old with no arms or hands and a 5 year old with only arms that work-hands are non-functioning. Do you know of people with these disabilities who ride […]