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href=\"https:\/\/www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com\/features\/medicare-telehealth-ending\/\">Pandemic Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Coverage Set to End March 31<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/02\/06\/community-health-centers-caught-up-in-funding-freeze\/\">Community health centers caught up in funding freeze<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/rfk-jr-wants-to-send-people-on-antidepressants-to-government-wellness-farms\/\">RFK Jr. Wants to Send People Addicted to Antidepressants to Government \u201cWellness Farms\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a mental health crisis in the world today. It&#8217;s not a US problem. Mental health reform is badly needed across the country. Cutting resources, making people with no local mental health resources choose between traveling long distances for care or going without, and isolating people away from their families, jobs, friends, etc., is not a response that says you want to help solve the problems with mental healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>We need more resources and more access to care. Not less.<\/p>\n<p>We need care located where people live and work so they can remain part of their communities.<\/p>\n<p>We need NIH grants to pay for more mental health research.<\/p>\n<p>Our government is in the process of doing the exact opposite while claiming to care about mental health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><span class=\"syn-text\">Also on:<\/span><ul class=\"relsyn\"><li><a aria-label=\"tumblr\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/blog\/view\/t:c4gTZash4jhfc6YyjwLx0A\/776129148220489728\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-tumblr\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Tumblr\" title=\"Tumblr\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>Tumblr<\/title><path d=\"M14.563 24c-5.093 0-7.031-3.756-7.031-6.411V9.747H5.116V6.648c3.63-1.313 4.512-4.596 4.71-6.469C9.84.051 9.941 0 9.999 0h3.517v6.114h4.801v3.633h-4.82v7.47c.016 1.001.375 2.371 2.207 2.371h.09c.631-.02 1.486-.205 1.936-.419l1.156 3.425c-.436.636-2.4 1.374-4.156 1.404h-.178l.011.002z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a aria-label=\"flipboard\" class=\"u-syndication syn-link\" href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@mikemac29\/child-abuse-survivors-8o2743fsz\"> <span class=\"syndication-link-icon svg-flipboard\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 1rem; margin: 2px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Flipboard\" title=\"Flipboard\" ><svg role=\"img\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><title>Flipboard<\/title><path d=\"M0 0v24h24V0H0zm19.2 9.6h-4.8v4.8H9.6v4.8H4.8V4.8h14.4v4.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need more resources and more access to care. 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