Devastating Cuts to Mental Health and SUD Care in President’s Budget

Congress passed the President's tax and spending cuts bill last week, which will significantly cut Medicaid funding and particularly devastate access to mental health and substance use disorder care. AATA will continue to fight for mental health care and support the work of art therapists and the clients and communities they serve.  

We want to share some information and actionable items: 

• How Medicaid cuts could affect mental health care, state-by-state analysis by Inseparable  
• Proposed federal cuts put rural behavioral health resources on the line, Medicaid and Mental Health fact sheet by NAMI 
• NAMI’s Medicaid take-action portal 
• Letter urging Congress to protect Medicaid for people with mental health conditions and SUDs, spearheaded by Mental Health Liaison Group (AATA is a member of this coalition)