Social Work Blog
MARCH 2, 2022
W hen the National 988 Suicide Prevention Crisis Hotline goes into effect July 16, 2022, it will probably be the most significant public policy initiative impacting behavioral healthcare since the Medicaid expansion. Collaboration Between Federal and State Government and Community Stakeholders.
Beyond Advocacy
MAY 2, 2023
Most are insured through Medicaid, which excludes a wide range of mental health treatments such as art therapy, music therapy, yoga therapy, and equine therapy, readily available to higher-income households. Medicaid generally limits treatment to talk therapy, which simply does not work for many experiencing foster care.
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Relias
OCTOBER 6, 2021
In response, many local and state governments are raising their lowest wages above the federal minimum wage set in 2009. The State of Medicaid Programs and the Need for Grassroots Advocacy. The movement to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for all workers is gaining momentum across the nation.
Social Workers Speak
MAY 4, 2023
Brian Mares is government relations director for NASW-TX: When it comes to upping mental health services, Texas has a Medicaid problem Texas Tribune Bryan Mares, government relations director for the Texas chapter of the National Association of Social Workers , cited the Medicaid payment rate for counseling sessions as a main sticking point.
Social Workers Speak
MAY 4, 2023
Brian Mares is government relations director for NASW-TX: When it comes to upping mental health services, Texas has a Medicaid problem Texas Tribune Bryan Mares, government relations director for the Texas chapter of the National Association of Social Workers , cited the Medicaid payment rate for counseling sessions as a main sticking point.
Relias
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% had no coverage at all. with 34.3%
Bipolar Bandit
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
I’ve always felt most comfortable working with the sickest of the sick, and I have a lot of sympathy and empathy for their plight because I’ve increasingly noticed that they are most neglected by treatment providers and the government. The states primarily funded these hospitals through taxes until the Medicaid program was created in 1965.
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