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Statement on Medicaid, Health Coverage, and Mental Health Funding
Statement in advance of the House Energy & Commerce and Ways & Means Committee markups, opposing proposed cuts to Medicaid and the ACA. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter to Congressional leaders, urging greater transparency and oversight regarding potential federal agency Reduction-in-Force and reorganization plans that would impact our nation’s scientific enterprise and public health infrastructure. -
Insurance Status and Mental Health Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
According to new research analyzing data from the Mental and Substance Use Disorder Prevalence Study, which took place during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, adults with a mental health diagnosis and no insurance were less likely to have received outpatient mental health treatment in the past year compared to privately insured adults – just 31% versus 62%.
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Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter calling on House and Senate appropriators to reject the proposed cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the National Institutes of Health, that were included in the leaked copy of the HHS FY 2026 budget “Passback” document. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter urging Congress to robustly fund NIH at least $51.303 billion for FY 26. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter urging Congress to fund the FDA’s Neurology Drug Program at $5 million in FY 26. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Mental Health Funding
Letter encouraging Congress to restore funding to $680 million for the BRAIN Initiative for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. -
Regulatory Comment on Health Coverage
Regulatory comment expressing concerns that the Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule would make comprehensive coverage more difficult to obtain and deprive people of coverage. -
Congressional Testimony on Mental Health Funding, Crisis Services, and Research and Treatment Innovation
Outside Witness Testimony from NAMI’s Chief Advocacy Officer to the House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, requesting FY26 funding for 988 and the Community Mental Health Block Grant within SAMHSA and NIMH. -
Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Gun Violence on Mental Health
Analyzing data from a survey of 10,000 U.S. adults, researchers found that respondents had been exposed to multiple types of gun violence, from community mass shootings to injury in targeted, non-mass shootings. Mental health effects were common across exposure types, but long-term effects were reported more often among individuals who had experienced non-mass shooting events.