No, incentivise private companies to address this issue instead

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Mental health is a national problem, and part of health care, and as such should actually be paid for by government

Mental health issues are increasing for the whole country and it is the governments responsibility to ensure that there are facilities and resources available to support people accessing help quickly.

Companies should not be using people’s mental health issues for profit! What is and is not mental health is a huge debate the country needs to look at. Bad behaviour IS NOT a mental health issue.

I believe mental health is the number one cause of our social issues in NZ. Substance abuse and addiction, depression and anxiety, our abysmal suicide rate, poor parenting due to poor education or childhood trauma, domestic violence and anger problems. Generally speaking of course but the majority of heavy drug users live the life they do because of abuse or trauma suffered in childhood. Exposure to violence and substance abuse literally changes the structure of the brain. Those who start taking drugs or drinking alcohol at a young age have not allowed their brains to fully develop. This mean…  Read mores people are entering relationships, the workforce and having children when they lack the ability to plan, regulate their emotions and maintaining healthy relationships. I believe that if we actually overhauled the entire mental health system so that people could get the help they need,
NZ would be far better off. Yes it will take time, resources and money. It's a long term to fix the core of the problems and work on preventing these issues. This means providing that kind of support to prisoners. Many prisoners enter prison with some sort of mental health problem. How can we expect them to become functioning members of our society if they don't get the support, access to services, therapy and medication they need? The reality is that most prisoners will get out of prison and we need to break the cycle of reoffending and passing on the same social issues to the next generation.

Private company's primary function is to make money for their shareholders, this is contrary to providing mental health care.

Private companies are currently unsupported to be able to address the Mental Health crisis in New Zealand. Even so, if they were supported by being a private company it is out of the hands of government to know about treatment etc.

Mental health care should be free and accessible to every new Zealander. However we can make that happen government funded or privately donated money, doesn't matter. Just get the result.

private companies only pass the cost on to challenged individuals that are already strained for financial support

Mental health is a social issue that impacts all areas of society and should managed through a centralized approach.

Just like physical health, mental health is becoming a national issue and is very costly to a nation - investing in a good health care system including mental health will make Aotearoa thrive more