Senator Cindy Friedman Explains What It Takes To Fix A Broken Mental Health System
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Senator Cindy Friedman discusses the challenges and changes in the mental health system and advocacy for better access to care.
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Massachusetts Senator Cindy Friedman to talk about how mental health laws change real access to care, and why families still hit walls even when “parity” exists. We dig into AOT, crisis diversion, insurance limits, and the practical fixes that keep people out of ERs and jails. • her personal path into serious mental illness advocacy and why systems matter • what changed after the Mental Health ABC Act 2.0 and why outpatient demand rises • wh...
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