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Hospitals are shutting down psychiatric units as funding dries up. Medicaid cuts would accelerate this. Inpatient mental health care is already scarce & it’s the most vulnerable who’ll pay the price. Read about one Iowan hospital facing that stark reality: www.npr.org/sections/sho...
May 9, 2025, 6:55 PM
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