By Isha Weerasinghe and Jace Peterkin

Medicaid is the nation’s single largest payer for mental health services and provides coverage for nearly 40 percent of all children in the United States. Medicaid also pays every 1 in 4 dollars for vital mental health and substance use disorder treatment. If Congress dismantles the program or limits its reach through funding cuts, it will reverse much of the progress made to expand mental health access since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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