Kids on Medicaid at least 4x more likely to be given antipsychotic drugs
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/12/health/12medicaid.html
“The data indicated that more than 4 percent of patients ages 6 to 17 in Medicaid fee-for-service programs received antipsychotic drugs, compared with less than 1 percent of privately insured children and adolescents.”
We pretty much just say, “Sorry you had the misfortune to be born to poor parents; here’s a handful of drugs, now quit bothering us.” Collectively, I mean: each individual doctor may well be right in thinking that this is their best option among those available to them.
