The mentally ill community is often considered incompetent and detrimental to society however; this community can be a productive part of society reason being it consists of those who are high functioning. These intelligent people are able to contribute to their community in various ways. For example, working off debts they have created from their debtors, volunteering, working less hours or part-time to keep stress levels low, construction (holding the stop or slow signs) filing, counsel others, share their stories, run support groups, run and maintain their group homes, cleaning services etc., and supervised back into the workforce as capable and rational human beings. Therefore, I urge our state & federal government to stop sending them to the government funded program that teaches them skills they will never use. Instead, assess their ability and provide them with training and the opportunity to use the skills they have acquired. Otherwise, how will we know this community is getting better if there is no standard to which their progress is measured? Those who suffer from mental illness are not completely inept and can be given responsibility and a reason to fulfill their God given purpose for living. The outcome can only be greater self-worth and a more effective society. This will promote optimal mental health in this community so that they can continue to function at their highest level developing a better mental, physical, and social well-being. Let’s not feed them medication along with an empty life because these contribute to their dysfunction. Dysfunctions like being a menace to society, stigmatized thru gun violence, suicide, homelessness or involvement in cults. Instead we want them to become a functional part of society thru increase cognitive therapy, low dose medication and productivity. Please sign my petition.

It's time that the American taxpayer hears the OTHER side of the story concerning government programs, specifically Medicare and Medicaid. Who is going bust? Us or Them?

Make sure all citizen have access to free health care

Our Governor, Paul LePage, has said he will not expand Medicaid as per the Affordable Care Act. We urge him to reverse this decision and accept the expansion which will help Maine's poor and vulnerable.

Gov. McCrory, the power to fundamentally change the health care system in our state is in your hands. By expanding Medicaid, low-income North Carolinians will have access to health coverage, and there is potential to undo the profound health disparities in our state. As it stands, North Carolinians who are uninsured are likelier to develop serious health complications or die younger from diseases that are all too often preventable. By gaining health insurance through Medicaid, we would add health coverage for more than half-a-million North Carolinians within five years who otherwise would remain under insured. We urge Gov. McCrory to implement the Medicaid Expansion for low-income individuals under the Affordable Care Act so that all of our state can remain healthy and strong.

We are poisoning our kids by purchasing almost any type of food with food coloring in it as they are adding harmful artificial colors in everything today. Please stop purchasing and ask FDA to band artificial food coloring in US as it is extremely harmful: Citrus Red 2, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3, — which include some of the most commonly used synthetic food dyes — have been identified as being, or being contaminated with, potential cancer-causing chemicals. We work too hard and we love are kids too much do this to them. Please show your support, please show you care.

End cancer NOW. Put an end to corporations placing human life after profit. Tell the governmentvtheyvare there to serve and protect. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetic_acid has now been shown to kill cancer in humans. Is very cheap but because it cannot be patented, drug companies refuse to bring it to market. Government must fund this study privately. http://youtu.be/ZtZZR2F01ss

For individuals dealing with a mental disorder and trying to get better through mental health treatment, the costs can be and often are prohibitive. I am one of millions of Americans who have been diagnosed with one mental disorder or another who struggles to pay the bills associated with mental health care. Tell Congress and the President that the wealthiest country in human history can do better for its citizens who seek mental health care by lowering the costs associated with mental health treatment.

Contraception rights should not be held hostage to one man's religious convictions. Our Bodies, Our Choice.

A Public Option, granting every American the right to purchase an affordable and all-inclusive health care plan, will not only save thousands of lives, but will solve many of our economic problems. As a physician, I am acutely aware of the inability of our present for-profit system to ever provide quality, affordable health care. A choice must be given to the American people.

To establish a research program under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program of the Department of Defense to discover a cure for HIV?AIDS

The mass shootings that have taken place this past year have shown that gun laws don't work and simply aren't the answer to solving this countries problem with mass shooters. Proper mental health care, available to everyone would do more to identify and care for people who need it.