‘No longer the 1960s’: Congress wants to treat drug users in mental hospitals

‘No longer the 1960s’: Congress wants to treat drug users in mental hospitals

Upworthy

Published

The linked crises of drug addiction and homelessness have Washington on the verge of embracing a health care provider it once repudiated: the mental hospital. Nearly 60 years after Congress barred Medicaid from treating people in what were then derided as insane asylums, lawmakers are on the verge…

#medicaid #michaelburgess #dallas #burgess #ritchietorres #democrat #newyorkcitys #southbronx #republicans #democrats

Full Article