Will the Senate take away your mental health care?
The Senate
is discussing their version of health reform and may take action soon. They have a
decision to make: protect mental health care or make devastating cuts to
Medicaid.
Medicaid is the foundation of our
community mental health system. It is the main provider of mental health
services for people with serious mental illness.
Many in the Senate want to cap
Medicaid (a fixed amount of federal funding per person). If Medicaid is capped, it
will be harder for people to get psychiatric medications, case management and
mental health services. And some people will lose their eligibility for
Medicaid.
Simply put, Medicaid caps would
DEVASTATE mental health services.
Capping Medicaid would be a move in
the wrong direction and push people with mental illness into costly
emergency rooms, hospitals and jails.
We need more coverage for mental health care, not less.
Act today. Tell your Senators to take Medicaid caps off the table and protect mental health care.