NAMI works with policymakers to advance priority issues and ensure that the voice of people affected by mental illness is considered in policymaking. Read NAMI’s recent letters to federal leaders, submitted comments and testimony and other resources.
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Letter on Health Coverage
06/16/2021
Letter to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, expressing concerns about UnitedHealthcare’s new policy to allow for the retroactive denial of coverage for emergency care.
Letter to HHS Secretary on Crisis Services
05/24/2021
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra and OMB Acting Director Young urging a timely release of the report on resources necessary to make 988 operational and effective and asking that the President's budget requests in future fiscal years reflect the report's recommendations.
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Crisis Services
05/21/2021
Letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to pair recent investments in broader mental health services with a directed investment to build out a national 988 crisis infrastructure of crisis call centers, mobile crisis teams and stabilization services.
Amicus Brief on Parity
05/19/2021
Amicus Brief in Wit v. United Behavioral Healthcare, asking the court to uphold the District court decision and affirm that people with UBH insurance receive the full coverage they were promised, including behavioral health services consistent with generally-accepted standards of care.