Democrats seek resignation of top VA mental health officialMATTHEW DALY
In 2020, Congress tried to address this through a new law, signed by Mr. Trump in his first term. The law required insurance plans to systematically analyze differences in certain treatment limitations for mental and physical health care and submit those analyses upon request to states and the ...
"I am proud to announce that Dr. Janette Nesheiwat will be the Nations Doctor as the United States Surgeon General. Dr. Nesheiwat is a double board-certified Medical Doctor with an unwavering commitment to saving and treating thousands of American lives," he said. "She is committed to ensurin...
Only about a fourth of moms in the United States say they have "excellent" physical and mental health , according to a new study.The study, published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine , looked at 198,62417 mothers with children age 17 and under, finding large declines in self-reported mater...
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry has said that evidence shows conversion therapies inflict harm on young people, including elevated rates of suicidal ideation. And the American Medical Association has urged states not to ban gender-affirming care for minors, saying that empirical...
"Without federal funding, states may be forced to reduce essential services in other sectors, like health care, education and public safety, or they would fail to compensate for the loss in overdose prevention funding, which would put more lives at risk," Sharif-Kazemi said. "Those cuts to ...
by L.A. Care, and about 10% for a legal resident without kids. Those costs don't encapsulate the entire cost of providing care, which can vary depending on where Medi-Cal patients live, and grow higher when filling prescriptions, going to the dentist, or seeking mental health care....
Rebecca Bontadelli, an ER physician, said patients can be housed in the room for days as hospital staffers scour Montana and nearby states for an open psychiatric bed. Some reject care in the meantime."We're not really helping them," Bontadelli said. "They feel like they're in prison....
Willie White is CEO of David Raines Community Health Centers, which operates six outpatient clinics in northwestern Louisiana that serve primarily Medicaid enrollees. He said that Louisiana already ranks among the worst states for people's health and that Medicaid cuts would only worsen the situation....
When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in COVID-era funds to states in late March, addiction recovery programs suffered swift losses.An Indiana organization that employs people in recovery to help peers with substance use disorders and mental illness was forced to lay off three...