Real Estate market driving you crazy?
Don't worry. Thanks to the hard work of our Senators who spent the week saving the financial world, you'll soon have cheap mental care available. Of course, there are those who think that this onerous requirement will do to health care what the Community Reinvestment Act did to the mortgage industry, but don't worry, be happy! ("Here: take this pill")

We helped bankrupt the banks. Now we're doing the same thing for health care! What does "mental health parity" legislation, which has now been incorporated into the big "rescue" bill passed by the Dem-controlled Senate, have to do with the nation's financial crisis? ... P.S.: Actually, the thinking behind the push for "parity" and the now-questionable decades-long push to extend mortgages to "underserved" groups seems eerily parallel: 1) Stodgy/greedy old bankers say they can't afford to lend to minorities who don't meet traditional mortgage criteria. But we have a noble social goal to fulfill and we know they're wrong! ... 2) Stodgy/greedy old health plan administrators say they can't afford to cover hard-to-diagnose mental problems (e.g., anxiety) and substance abuse to the same extent that they cover easy-to-diagnose physical problems. But we have a noble social goal and ....

Update: How much pork did these public servants stuff into their maws? How about $112 billion? Remember, it's a "crisis".