Is managed care worth the price of a life?
The first time I met Tom his head was on the table at the Christmas banquet held by the mental health support program where I worked. He was sitting next to his wife, who worked on the staff.
Tom’s alcoholism soon brought him into the program, fractured his marriage, and I became his first case manager. The alcoholism had roots in childhood abuse. Years of drinking followed, with hospitalizations, chaos and …
