My brother struggled with schizophrenia for decades, and he had a lot of his health-care bills covered by Medicaid.
Senator Stabenow is here. She has been a champion on these mental health issues.
The Finance Committee is responsible for the programs--Medicare and Medicaid--that spend more on mental health than any ...
Because of the lack of appropriate places to meet the needs of those with these mental health challenges, we so often ha...
I am delighted that this bill has gone forward and is where it is right now.
I have been really struck by how negative perceptions about serious mental illnesses are actually growing.
It is way past time to rectify the situation, and this bill has key language that puts us on track for several major pro...
But there are several pieces to this issue. There is prevention, better coordinating the services, and obviously--again,...
Mr. Chairman, I very much look forward to working with you and our colleagues.
So in Oregon, we sought to try to break some new ground here in terms of trying to define different relationships betwee...
I think that is one of the reasons we are so interested in fundamental change and ensuring that everybody knows where to...
That's why this committee, working in conjunction with others including HELP and Judiciary, must develop a fresh approac...
The focus of that approach should be breaking health care, social service programs, and law enforcement out of their ind...
Again, this just seems to be an area that is being missed, and it is not some partisan thing, it is just being missed.
I hope that the Committee today recognizes this so we can move forward and address other issues of importance to our con...
It's important that we have clarity about exactly what edits Mr. North suggested to the tribal petition.
I would like to introduce that into the record.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the committee, Mr. McLerran. Nice to see you.
