05/02/2025
🧠Mental health care is under threat—and the fallout will be expensive, avoidable, and devastating.
I just wrote to Congress urging them to oppose cuts to Medicaid and psychology workforce funding. These cuts won’t save money—they’ll cost us far more: in taxpayer dollars, public safety, and American lives.
Prevention is cheaper than:
🔹 A su***de attempt ER visit – over $7,000
🔹 An overdose with ICU care – over $20,000
🔹 Incarceration – $40,000–$60,000 per year
Veterans deserve better. After risking their lives for this country, they are 1.5x more likely to die by su***de than civilians (VA, 2023). Stripping the programs they rely on is not just short-sighted—it’s shameful. This is not the place to cut.
Protect the systems that protect all of us.
This is how a nation succeeds—by ensuring we all do well.
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Psychology professionals need to weigh in on proposed cuts to key psychology services and workforce development programs. Congress has approved a 10-year budget outline including $1.5 trillion in spending cuts that will require hundreds of billions...
