OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Cover Story Kathy is 53 years old. She is stuck in Virginia, terribly ill and nearly bankrupt, 1,500 miles away from her family. With non-transferable health insurance and unable to get coordinated health care for an unexpected and - in many ways - unnecessary collapse of her health, Kathy’s situation is desperate. This tragic story exposes the calamitous inadequacies of America’s current carved- out health care system. After her children graduated from high school, Kathy moved from her hometown in North Dakota to pursue her dream of writing . . .

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Cover Story Kathy is 53 years old. She is stuck in Virginia, terribly ill and nearly bankrupt, 1,500 miles away from her family. With non-transferable health insurance and unable to get coordinated health care for an unexpected and - in many ways - unnecessary collapse of her health, Kathy’s situation is desperate. This tragic story exposes the calamitous inadequacies of America’s current carved- out health care system. After her children graduated from high school, Kathy moved from her hometown in North Dakota to pursue her dream of writing . . .