(Apr. 20, 2016) If you experience a brain aneurysm, a stroke, or any other acute medical emergency that requires hospitalization, federal Medicaid funds will help cover the cost of your inpatient care.
But if you are an adult in crisis who requires acute psychiatric hospitalization, Medicaid will not pay for your inpatient treatment.
This discrimination means most private psychiatric beds are off-limits to the country's most vulnerable patients -- Medicaid enrollees. Due to an antiquated federal rule called the "IMD Exclusion," this is one of the most significant barriers to treatment for people with severe mental illness. To get people the care they need, this rule must be reformed.
Tell your Senator to repeal the discriminatory IMD exclusion and stop limiting payments for psychiatric hospitalizations for people on Medicaid.
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