Creepy

Today I got some junk mail addressed to "The M-Care Parents at...." M-Care is our insurance company, run by the University of Michigan medical complex.

The letter read, in part:

Dear Parents:

M-CARE, in partnership with the Ann Arbor Public Schools, is pleased to announce the following free educational presentation for parents and teachers about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD):

Understanding ADHD: At Home and in the Classroom

The goal of this presentation is to provide an opportunity for both parents and teachers to learn the facts about ADHD from experts in the field, and to learn effective ways to manage children with ADHD.

Translation:

The UM medical system, in partnership with the Ann Arbor schools, Novartis, Eli Lilly, and Shire Plc, bring you this free advertising seminar! Learn how to manage, control, and manipulate your child through modern pharmaceuticals! (You can trust us, we're experts!)

Heck, why not just have door prizes? Can't you just imagine it?

All participants receive a free sample of your choice: Effexor, Focalin, or Lunesta! Get your child started on stimulants before another week goes by! Free introductory Ritalin to qualifying children!

Sickening.

Both M-Care and the Ann Arbor schools push vaccinations and health screenings with the sort of zeal and deceit that one normally associates with the mentally unwell. To see them teaming up is actually quite frightening.