NAMI News

The Senate voted today to open debate on health reform by passing a Motion to Proceed by 51-50. This paves the way for the Senate to vote on a new health reform bill that will be cobbled together on the floor of the Senate. The future of mental health coverage for millions of people who live with mental illness is at stake again.

Will Americans have more mental health coverage and better care? Ask your Senators to work toward bipartisan solutions that fix the insurance markets and secure mental health coverage for millions of Americans with mental illness.

NAMI is deeply disappointed that the revised Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), released today retains provisions that impose significant barriers to treatment and services for people with mental illness.

Spots are still available for this year's CIT International Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, August 16-18.

Three new members and two incumbents were elected to the 16-member board of directors of  NAMI at its recent national convention in Washington, D.C. 

NAMI and the NCAA co-hosted a webinar sponsored by SAMHSA on July 18 which highlighted important information in NAMI’s college guide and the NCAA’s commitment to the mental health and wellbeing of student-athletes through the Sport Science Institute.

On June 29, 1,000 NAMI advocates went to Capitol Hill to speak up on issues important to people with mental illness and their families. They met in-person with over 20 U.S. Senators and over 70 Congressmembers and staffers.

Raise your voice for mental health on June 29 and tell your Senators that America needs more mental health care, not less.

One in five Americans are affected by mental illness, and more than 50% do not receive treatment. The Senate health reform bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA), will only make matters worse.

NAMI and NAMI Virginia wrote a letter to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe urging clemency in the case of a man with serious metnal illness scheduled for execution.