Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States, playing a critical role in ensuring access to care for millions of adults with mental illness and substance use disorders. An estimated 58.7 million U.S. adults—nearly one in four—live with a mental illness, according to national health data. Among this population,… View Article
Over the past decade, rates of mental illness, drug overdoses, and suicides have risen sharply across the United States, signaling a growing crisis in behavioral health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders has increased significantly, with young adults and historically underserved communities experiencing some… View Article
The United States has been battling an opioid crisis for decades, marked by three distinct waves of rising overdose deaths. The first wave began in the 1990s with the widespread overprescription of opioid painkillers, leading to a sharp increase in opioid dependency. The second wave emerged around 2010, driven by a surge in heroin use… View Article
