Understanding Barriers to Mental Health Care for Rural Americans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Contact your U.S. senators and representatives through letters and phone calls to co-sponsor and pass the EPIC Act.
65% : This is why legislation like the Ensuring Pathways to Innovative Cures (EPIC) Act, being considered in Congress, is essential for many people in rural areas.
64% : Developing more effective and accessible treatments is critical for rural populations, which is why the EPIC Act, which will encourage such development, is so important for people struggling with mental illness.
64% : Learn more about efforts to increase access to mental health services in rural areas, such as the EPIC Act currently introduced in the U.S. House and Senate, by visiting ruralminds.org/rural-policy-legislation.
58% : "Programs like Rural Minds are working to normalize conversations around mental health in rural communities.
51% : This legislation supports research and development for "small molecule" medicines - basically pills - which are easier to produce and access in rural areas with limited health care services.

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