May is Mental Health Awareness Month. More than 59 million Americans are living with a mental illness with healthcare costs totaling $27.2 billion.
In this episode of A Conversation with CAHC, Joel White talks with Gordon Lavigne, CEO of the Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance (S&PAA), about the obstacles to treatment, the toll of living with and taking care of someone with a mental illness, and how the EPIC Act can fix the Inflation Reduction Act’s “pill penalty,” ensuring those Americans living with a mental illness can get the medications they need.
To learn more about the Inflation Reduction Act’s pill penalty and how the EPIC Act can fix it, read CAHC’s latest blog, “EPIC Change Needed: Protecting Innovation for Serious Mental Illness.”