Behavioral Health Business March 8, 2024
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address Thursday night almost completely left out behavioral health and policies related to the industry.
This is something of a departure for the country’s 46th president. In his first State of the Union in 2022, Biden laid out what he called a unity agenda. It included several behavioral health-related elements. This year, however, the president acknowledged increased fentanyl, the pandemic and historic underinvestment in community mental health as context for other political and policy talking points.
That said, the White House continues to tout its message of improving access to mental health in the broader context of increasing health care consumer rights protection.
“Ensuring robust access to mental health care has been a...
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