Volunteer Writes letter, Says DMHAS Cuts Funding to Community Mental Health Services

Bell declares that the budget cuts would hurt patients who need these kinds of community-based clinical services the most. He writes that time and study should be looked into instead of having Medicaid reforms that only tackle half the medical costs.

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