When it comes to treatment, 35% of Medicare beneficiaries with mental illnesses are consistently being left behind.
EDRC Executive Director and Founder Janice Bremis, in collaboration with Rebecca Eyre, Chief Executive Officer of Project Heal, recently authored an op-ed piece in the San Jose Mercury News. In the article, Janice discusses the lack of critical investments towards mental health within the Medicare system and pushes for congress to improve funding for the care of Medicare patients with mental illness.
Read the article here.
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