Washington, D.C. - Congressman Dave Loebsack recently joined members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee to express their strong support for mental health reform in a letter to Chairman Upton and Ranking Member Pallone. Committee members urged colleagues to support legislative reforms that prioritize the needs of patients and families experiencing mental illness.
"For far too long, mental health and mental illness have been left in the shadows, and we believe the only way we can fight stigma, improve access to services and treatments, and bring mental health up to parity with physical health is to start treating the brain as a part of the body," the members wrote. "Our policies and systems need to reflect the fact that mental illness is a disease and that if the right services , supports, and treatments are available, people can and do recover."
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