Senate Finance Talks Medicaid, Funding Options For Mental Health Services

Senate Finance Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) expressed hope his committee would come up with mental health legislation by the end of the year, speaking at a hearing Thursday (April 28) where he and ranking Democrat Ron Wyden (OR) called for a closer look at mental health funding. While Hatch said more should be done for those with severe mental illness, Wyden said more money should go to prevention and keeping those who are mentally ill out of the hospital. Hatch...