Advocacy Alert: Your Voice is a Lifeline: Protect Medicaid
June 12, 2025
For millions of Americans grappling with substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health challenges, Medicaid is an absolute lifeline. It's the difference between sickness and stability, despair and hope, and, for too many, life and death. Right now, this critical support system is under threat. We need you to speak out LOUDLY and CLEARLY to your senators: protect Medicaid funding and ensure access to these life-saving services!
Why is Medicaid So Essential for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders?
Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health and substance use disorder services in the United States. It provides a comprehensive range of support that is often unaffordable or simply unavailable through other means.
Read the full announcement and contact your senators here.
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