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Coming Home Well

Paul Dillon and the Kennedy Forum Part 3 of 3

  • S3E130
  • 24:31
  • May 5th 2023

Paul Dillon joins Tyler for Part 3 of 3 to discuss mental health parity and the Kennedy Forum. 

The Kennedy Forum is a national non-profit organization formed by former U. S. Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy in 2013 to erase the stigma of mental illness in the United States, and to ensure mental health parity, so that mental health is treated the same way as physical health for reimbursement by insurance companies.

Veterans who receive their healthcare through their employer need to know that the Mental Health Parity Act of 2008 mandates the insurance companies pay for mental health treatment the same as they would for a physical health treatment.

Learn more at www.kennedyforum.org 

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Dr. Tyler Pieron is an Army veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan (and a few other conflicts). He served in the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command as a Special Agent until he was medically retired. Tyler hosts Coming Home Well’s radio and podcast shows and focuses on TBI research and helping veterans wade through the bureaucracy to obtain benefits, especially education.

Tyler used his GI Bill benefits to earn a Master of Science degree in Cyber Security Policy and then a PhD. in Information Assurance after receiving a sabbatical and scholarship from the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program. Tyler lives with his wife Claire, their 3 children (2 boys and a girl), 3 dogs (Beagle, Boxer and Great Dane), 2 lizards (Bearded Dragon and Leopard Gecko), and many fish, near Charlottesville, VA, where he works with the Department of Defense on cyber intelligence issues.