US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, mental health care

Re:US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, ... by meroes on Thursday March 27, 2025 @07:56PM (#43499675)

Doesn’t the show My 600 lb Life show many serious food addictions being broken by expert medical care, which is not free?

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Re:US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, ... by nh23423fefe on Thursday March 27, 2025 @08:06PM (#43499752)

Doesn't the show demonstrate lots of people who don't lose weight and lie about their intake?

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Re:US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, ... by almosthere on Thursday March 27, 2025 @07:58PM (#43499694)

Those people will break an addiction for fame. When the show is over, they'll be back to eating.

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Re:US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, ... by meroes on Friday March 28, 2025 @11:27AM (#43506646)

So you believe these people can break their addiction, and that medical science has no way to leverage that chink in the armor?

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Re:US administration revokes $11B in funding for addiction, ... by almosthere on Friday March 28, 2025 @04:25PM (#43509521)

The carrot, which is massive fame, is not present when it's just a psychologist.

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