Anyone who uses Universal Health Services?

Congressman Joe Kennedy III just took a strong stand for you and everyone fighting to improve mental health care in America.

This week, Rep. Kennedy called for “swift action” in the federal investigation of potentially illegal clinical practices at Universal Health Services (UHS), the biggest behavioral health provider in America.

Can you tell others about this big step forward:

Rep. Kennedy, joined by U.S. Rep. Danny Davis of Illinois, sent a letter to the top official of Medicare and Medicaid expressing “serious concerns about the welfare of patients” at UHS’s behavioral facilities. (UHS got over $4 billion last year from Medicare and Medicaid.)

Kennedy’s call for action was covered across the country in the Chicago Tribune, Modern Healthcare and elsewhere.

Rep. Kennedy’s Massachusetts district includes Arbour-HRI, one of 21 UHS behavioral facilities under investigation by federal officials. As his letter noted, Arbour-HRI is part of a UHS health system that’s been cited for “staffing failures, ‘cutting corners,’ negligent care, and even patient deaths” by the Boston Globe.

For too long, UHS’s troubled mental health facilities had been able to keep a low profile. But thanks to the work of Reps. Kennedy and Davis — and of our 11,000+ petition signers — we’re putting a spotlight on the problems at UHS.

Today, we’re that much closer to raising the standard of mental health care at UHS and across the country.

Sincerely,

Susana & The UHS Behind Closed Doors Team

P.S. The word about UHS is getting out. The Dallas Morning News just ran a powerful story about a tragic suicide and other serious breakdowns in care at UHS’s Timberlawn psychiatric hospital in Texas. The story cited UHS Behind Closed Doors team member Ryan Pfeffer noting these “issues are not uncommon” at UHS facilities.

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Bets, I see you are lonely here 

just came by to acknowledge your effort of posting

and thank you. 

Bets, I see you are lonely here 

just came by to acknowledge your effort of posting

and thank you. 

Yes Claudia: I am  :'(