Proposing that the United States must explicitly establish a multifaceted national mental health policy that emphasizes prevention, outpatient care, and rehabilitation, the author highlights some of the current inadequacies of the federal health and mental health policies to further prove that the United States needs health care reform. In addition, the author expands his discussion of health care reform to address who has a right to health care and what "managed competition" might look like (author). [abstract]