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Ron Honberg

@RonHonberg

Mental health and disability rights advocate. @UMDLaw alumnus. @Springsteen fan, @Capitals. All views expressed are my own.

 Rockville, MD
Joined June 2009
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Max Tani@maxwelltani10 Mar 2025
In a note to colleagues, Ruth Marcus says she resigned from the Washington Post after CEO Will Lewis killed a column she wrote expressing concern about the changes to the Opinion section
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Robert Reich
@RBReich19 May 2024
Hello?
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At #APAAM23 listening to the incredible Ken Duckworth, Teri Brister and @cruzer2211 share with these amazing psychiatrists about the importance of @NAMICommunicate @namicalifornia
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Have questions about the #988Lifeline? Want to learn more? Don't miss "Lifeline: The 988 Podcast," a limited series podcast featuring NAMI's Shannon Scully, @MeadowsInst & @thencja. 🎧 Listen on the web or on your favorite platform: mmhpi.org/topics/educational…
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We must not look away. And we must not shrink from the need for justice for Keenan Anderson. Police must never respond with such force to a potential mental health crisis. Resources and care are the answer. Accountability must be transparent and swift.
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We just played this entire thing on the show and it is some of the most enraging footage I've seen in a while. Watch it and understand who Ron DeSantis is.
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@TB_Times18 Oct 2022
Tampa police carrying out the first arrests of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ new election security force were surprised and almost sympathetic. “I’ve never seen these charges before in my entire life,” one officer said. trib.al/oJIDNog
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.@DanielMorain looks behind Newsom’s move on California’s chronic problem with the mentally ill wapo.st/3C2urhc
Opinion | Behind Newsom’s move on California’s chronic problem with the mentally ill

Opinion | Behind Newsom’s move on California’s chronic problem with the mentally ill

His success or failure in confronting the daunting issue of untreated mental illness could determine his future.

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This is the effing truth
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Moryt Milo@morytmilo28 Nov 2021
That we turned mental illness into a crime is what's criminal.
Pew States (@PewStates) profile picturePew States@PewStates27 Nov 2021
On any given day in the U.S., far more people with serious mental health needs are in jail than in mental health facilities, according to @TreatmentAdvCtr. pew.org/3qP2u6b
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Employees of Centurion, Arizona's prison health care contractor, approved the use of pepper spray on a seriously mentally ill patient and encouraged a prisoner to commit acts of self-harm xitter.cf/JimmyJenkins/status/14…
Jimmy Jenkins (@JimmyJenkins) profile pictureJimmy Jenkins@JimmyJenkins3 Nov 2021
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Emails between prison administrators show they discovered "the Regional Director of Mental Health basically said to continue using OC spray" on a seriously mentally ill patient and a "mental health RN was encouraging the inmate to bang his head"
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MJ LaBeff@MJLaBeff15 Aug 2019
It’s with gratitude 💓 I’m honored & humbled to share Last Fall’s Hunted book 2 of the Last Cold Case series is the 2019 American Fiction Awards winner in the #thriller general category sponsored by American Book Fest. #awardwinning #thrillers #mustreads getbook.at/LFH
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Great news from @CMSGov today, awarding $15 million in planning grants to twenty states to support expanding mobile crisis intervention services. Mobile crisis teams are a key piece of the puzzle as communities reimagine their response to mental health & suicidal crises.
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@CMSGov20 Sep 2021
CMS awarded $15 million in grants to 20 states to help better provide community-based mobile crisis intervention services, helping individuals on Medicaid experiencing a substance use related or mental health crisis outside a hospital or facility setting. cms.gov/newsroom/press-relea…

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $15 Million to 20 States for Mobile Crisis Intervention

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded $15 million in planning grants to 20 states to support expanding community-based mobile crisis intervention services for Medicaid benefici...

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@MickJagger28 Aug 2021
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A must read if you are sick and tired of seeing or reading about homeless, clearly psychotic men and women sleeping on the streets or foraging in garbage cans. A law hindering treatment for severe mental illness must be repealed thehill.com/opinion/healthca…
A law hindering treatment for severe mental illness must be repealed

A law hindering treatment for severe mental illness must be repealed

Since 1965, a provision that denies vulnerable Americans with severe mental illness equal access to medically necessary health care services has been embedded within Medicaid’s enabling legislation…

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Just a sad, little man.
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@AP7 Jul 2021
Former President Donald Trump is expected to announce a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google. Trump will serve as the lead plaintiff in the suit, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by the companies, a source told @AP. apne.ws/gmdXjNo
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17 days in the ER for a young girl afraid she might kill herself before a bed is found for her in a psychiatric facility. Heartbreaking account by the girl and her mom during those 17 days showcases the terrible disparity in care f…lnkd.in/gw97BVc lnkd.in/g-bvsv6
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💙 A message for you, from Joni 💙 #Blue50
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Extreme Risk Protection Orders can be a valuable tool to address gun violence but should be based on risk factors for violence & not a diagnosis of mental illness. NAMI shared key priorities with @TheJusticeDept as they develop ERPO model legislation. bit.ly/3nzJEyo
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This is so, so true. And so difficult.
Dania Palanker (@DaniaPal) profile pictureDania Palanker@DaniaPal13 Apr 2021
Just a reminder that it can be extremely difficult to find a mental health provider in-network & insurers often cover about a 1/3 of what you have to pay to see an out-of-network providers. And you have to meet your out-of-network deductible before you get reimbursed at all.
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Can we please stop calling them “Red Flag Laws”? Please use “Extreme Risk Protection Order” or “ERPO’” to more appropriately identify the purpose of such bills. Mental health advocacy is already an uphill battle. Please help us. #languagematters #endthestigma #endgunviolence
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