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Petition: Help Get Corporate Profits Out of the Healthcare System

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Acadia Healthcare has been accused of horrifying practices that betray its responsibility to patient care. According to a recent investigation, Acadia has been luring patients into their facilities and holding them against their will, even when they don’t meet the legal standards for hospitalization.

To be released, family members sometimes had to seek court orders from judges or hire private investigators. In another case, in Georgia, a police raid was required to help patients there – more than 50 officers gathered to access the facilities.

Inspections have uncovered appalling conditions in Acadia facilities. Patients have faced neglect, unsupervised environments, and even assaults. Many patients have not received the care they need, with reports highlighting rapes, physical assaults on children, injuries and bruisings, filthy conditions, neglect, and inadequate treatment.

Acadia charges up to $2,200 per day for treatment. Employees have reported that the company often exaggerates symptoms, manipulates medication dosages, and fabricates reasons to keep patients longer. This isn’t about patient care but maximizing profits and draining insurance companies.

Please sign this petition to demand that Congress finally do the right thing and get corporate profits out of the realm of health.

One of the US's Largest Psychiatric Hospital Chains Traps Patients Against Their Will to Maximize ProfitsClick Here to Sign Petition

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