They want to tear $1B of funding out of mental and behavioral health care

[GPV]

Mental health care is abysmal in this country. The last thing we need is to slash funding and services! When I didn't have health insurance, my only care option was out of pocket. I could only afford the minimal med management, which was four 15 minute appointments each year. One hour of psych care per year! I'm struggling with bipolar and trauma and heaven knows what else. I need far more care than that! Shame on this misadministration, who targets the elderly, children, and the ill. They are weaving social darwinism back into the fabric of our society. It's Dickens for the digital age. #fuckers

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/trump-rfk-mental-behavioral-health

[SheltieLover]

1. This cannot be allowed!

Imo, the entire thinking portion of our country, the vast majority, has been struggling with PTSD & anxiety since shitler 1 & is likely even worse now.

Time to call congress critters. Again.

Ty for alerting us.

[Canada Kid]

2. Decimating health care!

Willfully endangering the health and safety of Americans. Is this not a treasonous act worthy of impeachment??

[Brainfodder]

3. Unless universal it is still huge #s not getting help.

[dutch777]

4. Will only make homelessness, drug use and crime worse. Dems should propose a comprehensive mental health care system.

Having worked in hospital administration and seeing in our ER's how untreated mental health conditions impacts families, communities and the health care system, it is truly an epidemic with huge costs to our society. While the county and state tried to cobble together a safety net system, it is a daunting task where there are too few mental health docs and specialists, woefully too few appropriate facilities and no support to families unless they are independently wealthy.

Mental health issues touch so many families that I think it would be a resonant issue if the Dems proposed something that was nationwide and comprehensive and with real $$$ support. Would need to include major recruiting and paid training initiative for mental health care docs and workers

[GPV]

5. I couldn't agree more!