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070— Mental Health Parity: What It Is And Why It Matters, Lauren Klein Apr 2021

070— Mental Health Parity: What It Is And Why It Matters, Lauren Klein

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While stigma around mental health, as well as treatment options have been drastically improved within the last decade, people who need help still are not getting it. The ultimate issue is the lack of mental health parity, which is defined by the equal treatment and benefits of other health conditions in insurance plans. Benefits such as inpatient in-network & out-of-network, co-pays, deductibles, max limit for out of pocket costs, reimbursement rates, geographic care, and coverage for any type of hospitalization. The lack of these advantages force people into difficult situations in order to receive these services. Paying abundant amounts of …


370— Treatment For Alcohol Addiction Among Native Americans In The United States, Jacob Reid Apr 2021

370— Treatment For Alcohol Addiction Among Native Americans In The United States, Jacob Reid

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This poster aims to summarize some of the issues and policies surrounding alcohol addiction among Native Americans in the US.


067— Chiafalo V. Washington And Colorado Department Of State V. Bacca And The Obsolescence Of The Electoral College, Colin Beasor Apr 2021

067— Chiafalo V. Washington And Colorado Department Of State V. Bacca And The Obsolescence Of The Electoral College, Colin Beasor

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Every four years, the United States uses an electoral college to select its the next president and vice-president. Each state is allocated a number of Electors based on the number of representatives they have in Congress. In the U.S. Supreme Court's 2019 term, the Court decided on two cases regarding a state's ability to punish "faithless Electors," or presidential Electors who vote contrary to their state's popular vote. In Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca, the Court ruled that states have the constitutional authority to punish faithless Electors, explaining that presidential Electors lack the discretion expressed …