Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them

NPR
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Spencer Hospital CEO Brenda Tiefenthaler (second from left) vows to maintain the facility

Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.

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