Modern Healthcare (2/1, Hellmann, Subscription Publication) reports, “More needs to be done to bolster the health workforce in response to a growing mental health and substance use crisis that the pandemic worsened, senators said during a hearing on Capitol Hill” on Feb. 1. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), “chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee” said, “If we keep stretching without taking action, something is going to break.” Legislators “have not yet issued a mental health bill, but it will likely address barriers to care including high costs, the dearth of health professionals and health insurance practices that limit access.”
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— “Senators eye workforce fixes to improve mental health access “Jessie Hellmann, Modern Healthcare, February 1, 2022