by Hogg Staff | Oct 7, 2011
Program Officer Rick Ybarra and I are headed to Dallas this weekend! However, unlike many other Austinites who will be traveling northbound on IH-35, we won’t be attending the Texas-Oklahoma game or the state fair. We will be gathering with social workers from all...
by Hogg Staff | Oct 5, 2011
There is excitement in the mental health consumer world about the upcoming Alternatives 2011 conference. The Alternatives conference is the oldest national mental health conference organized by and for mental health consumers/survivors. In a few weeks, three of my...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 30, 2011
As September draws to a close, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the importance of recovery and what it means to mental health. We know now that people with mental health conditions, even serious ones, can recover and experience wellness. They can live...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 29, 2011
The second day of the Texas Tribune Festival was as informative and engaging as the first. The opening and closing Health and Human Services presentations interacted nicely by laying out the policy arguments for and against the Affordable Care Act. Click on the posts...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 29, 2011
The first Health and Human Services panel on Sunday, Governance and Healthcare: Who Decides?, was as much about decision-making in our federal structure as it was about health care. Leo Linbeck III, president and CEO of Aquinas Companies, kicked off the conversation...
by Hogg Staff | Sep 29, 2011
Sunday’s keynote speaker Neera Tanden, former advisor to President Obama on health reform, seemed to tailor her presentation to the early morning session. She said that health insurance is different from other items out on the marketplace because when people go to the...
