The entire world is mourning the loss of bright, beautiful children and teachers killed in Uvalde, Texas by a school shooter.
Sadly, mass shootings in the United States average more than one a day and have for several years. Nobody wants this to keep happening.
The ongoing violence is the result of a mental health crisis in our country. The United States could make a great deal of progress toward solving this problem, along with the scourge of homelessness and drug addiction that plagues our cities, by adopting national health insurance, Medicare for All.
If we focus on helping the worst off among us with health care and support for people with mental illness, along with universal basic income and affordable housing, there will be far fewer tragedies like this one.
Isn’t it time to address the cruel lack of help for people in need of mental health care?
Rachel White, Woods Cross
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