Shouting the slogan keep the doors open, several hundred supporters of Maryland’s mental health and drug treatment programs rallied outside the State House in Annapolis Wednesday to protest proposed cuts in the budget for compensating care providers.
Those funds were trimmed from such programs under the Hogan and O’Malley administrations as a means to close a revenue shortfall. While recovering drug addicts ad parents of children with those problems were among the speakers as Behavioral members Care Coalition gathered to seek about restoration million, mental illness patients. Those funds were trimmed from such programs under the Hogan and O’Malley administrations as a means to close a revenue shortfall. Oftentimes shouting the slogan keep the doors open, several hundred supporters of Maryland\’s mental health and drug treatment programs rallied outside the State House in Annapolis Wednesday to protest proposed cuts in the budget for compensating care providers.
The advocates hear from several legislators who support, including Democratic Senate Finance Committee Chairman Thomas Mac Middleton of Charles County, Republican Sen.
Joseline ‘Pena Melnyk’. Other speakers found a contradictionbetween Hogan’s emphasis on fighting what he calls a heroin epidemic and his budget’s cuts in compensation for drug treatment providers. Certainly, adelaide Eckardt of Dorchester County and Democratic Del.
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All said they would work to put more money into the programs.
In accordance with medical examiner records, far this year, at least 200 klahomans have died by suicide. With many ending up dead, mental health advocates argue this leaves thousands of Oklahomans. Uninsured adults, to suffer, in prison or homeless for a reason of their untreated brain diseases. a person dies by suicide after a long struggle with mental illness or substance abuse.
More than 100 advocates gathered to ask legislators to remember, at the Capitol on Wednesdaythe thousands of Oklahomans with mental illnesses and substance use disorders who cannot get the care they need because of a fractured, underfunded system.
Commissioner Terri White, of Mental Oklahoma Department Health and Substance Abuse Services, led the large group of advocates in yelling in unison, My mind matters fund mental health.
Ragan, who serves on the Mental Health Association Oklahoma board, said she was encouraged by the staff at Rep office. Mary Fallin presented a budget proposal that recommended the state mental health agency receive a 7 percent budget increase, with increases for education, Human Oklahoma Department Services and the state Medicaid agency. Jadine Nollan, ‘RSand’ Springs, who ld her that the representative was supportive of mental health needs in Oklahoma. Last week.
As pointed out by the Oklahoma Policy Institute. That would provide affordable private insurance options to Oklahoma’s low income uninsured, which includes thousands of residents with mental illnesses.
Since it removes thousands of women and children off Medicaid and onto private health insurance plans. Del City, said he was concerned about the Medicaid Rebalance Act approach.
