Cutting Mental Health Budget: Because Who Needs Advocacy Anyway?
In a move surprising only to people who understand basic human decency, proposed HHS budget cuts would 'reduce funding of protection and advocacy programs for individuals with mental illness.' Because why support vulnerable populations when you can fund literally anything else? Apparently, the plan is to let these programs fend for themselves like free-range kale in a garden of budget neglect.
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(1 of 3)HHS plans to yank funding for mental health advocacy. Guess the new motto is 'Let them fight their battles alone, insurance style.' Mental health support: now trending toward fantasy status.
Cutting budget for mental illness protections: because who doesn’t love juggling chainsaws blindfolded?
These cuts make about as much sense as using a screen door as a submarine hatch. Mental health advocacy? Nah, let’s starve the lifeboats instead!
Source: Statnews | Published: 8/8/2025 | Author: O. Rose Broderick
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