Just relating it back to the article, seeing that the mother changed jobs in order to obtain healthcare and fund the care of her child scared me. Not everybody is in the position of being able to obtain such a job, and forcing a parent to fund emergency room trips without insurance could be preventing access to adequate treatment.

As somebody who has dealt with the mental health care system without and with mental health care... absolutely yes.

> At least we have health insurance now. I recently accepted a position with a local college, giving up my freelance career because when you have a kid like this, you need benefits. You’ll do anything for benefits. No individual insurance plan will cover this kind of thing.

If nothing else, she probably liked her career (else why hadn't she gone to the college in the first place?)

Do you think he wasn't getting mental health care? It was reported that he was on medication.