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Article: Medicaid Cuts Devastating for Americans with Mental Illnesses, Say Advocates; House Budget Resolution Draws Sharp Criticism
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- U.S. Newswire
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- March 17, 2005
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WASHINGTON, March 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The House of
Representatives today passed a federal budget resolution that
advocates say would dramatically reduce federal support for Medicaid-
financed mental health services.
"Indiscriminate Medicaid cuts could have a crippling effect at the
local level and absolutely devastate the tens of thousands of people
with mental illnesses and their families who rely on Medicaid to
access needed services," said Linda Rosenberg, spokeswoman for the
Campaign for Mental Health Reform and President and CEO of the
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare.
Medicaid is the single largest source of financing for mental
health care and provides over ...