Prevent Medicaid Cuts When Many Americans Need It Most!

Email your members of Congress and ask that they temporarily increase state Medicaid funding as part of an economic stimulus bill. Medicaid provides a lifeline of support for millions of low-income Americans who need mental health care.  Take action!

Year of Historic Achievements for Mental Health

Mental Health America wants you to know the extraordinary impact Advocacy Network members and others across the country have had in pressing Congress to improve people’s access to needed mental health services. As Congress moves toward the end of a momentous session, we’re proud of the important, and even historic, legislative gains achieved this year. Read the latest edition of the Capitol Hill Update.  

President Signs Mental Health Parity Legislation!

Thanks to the thousands of Advocacy Network members who lent tireless support to our years-long effort to win enactment of legislation to end discrimination in mental health coverage. After House passage of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act today, 263-171, President Bush has at last signed mental health/addiction parity into law. 

Click here to learn more about the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.

 
About the Advocacy Network

Mental Health America’s Advocacy Network is a powerful voice for change that is made up of thousands of individuals nationwide who take an active role in protecting America’s mental health through legislative advocacy. Together, we speak out and make our voice heard on equal access to care, federal funding, treatment and prevention. Join our movement by signing up today!