Healio (1/16) reports that recently, the American Psychiatric Association “issued a letter to Congress to ensure continued access to care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.” In the letter, APA President Maria A. Oquendo, MD, PhD, and APA CEO and medical director Saul Levin, MD, MPA, wrote, “On behalf of the APA, the national medical specialty association representing over 36,500 psychiatric physicians nationwide, we urge you to support continued and expanded access to quality evidence-based mental health care services.” The letter added, “As Congress considers significant reforms to health insurance coverage this year, it is critical that any such reforms do not undo the gains which have been made over the past several years for individuals with mental illness, and that any such reforms only further enhance coverage and access to lifesaving evidence-based care.”
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— “APA urges Congress to protect access to mental health care,Healio, January 16, 2017.