Pictured above with Sen. John Morse who initiated Senate Bill 146, which establishes a pilot program in the Pikes Peak region to offer low-cost mental health services to family members of recently discharged veterans. Veterans can receive such care through the Veterans Administration, but their families cannot. This bill allows families, for a $20 co-pay, to tap into services paid for through a special $300,000 fund.
Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter came to the Pioneers Museum in Colorado Springs to sign four bills that were all of interest to the military community. The bills signed today will help service members and families who have endured the Iraq and Afghanistan war.
I had the privilege of being a guest speaker on air encouraging listeners to call in and pledge to become a Partner in Hope. I also answered the phones as "Hello, this is Mrs. Colorado, thank you for calling...".
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility anywhere. Discoveries made there have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. St. Jude is where some of today’s most gifted researchers are able to do more science, more quickly; where doctors across the world send their toughest cases and most vulnerable patients; and where no one pays for treatment beyond what is covered by insurance, and those without insurance are never asked to pay.
