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Tell Congress to co-sponsor the Medicare Mental Health Access Act.
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Urge Congress to co-sponsor the Medicare Mental Health Access Act
The Medicare Mental Health Access Act (H.R. 884/S. 2772) would remove a roadblock to mental health treatment for Medicare beneficiaries in certain treatment facilities.
Tell Congress: Fight sexual harassment in STEM
Contact your member now and tell him or her to support federal House bill H.R. 36 — Combatting Sexual Harassment in Science Act — to fund research and create a federal working group to help reduce sexual harassment in science, technoLogy, engineering and medicine (STEM) disciplines.
Take action today to preserve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Psychologists planing to participate in the PSLF program are working in local communities to meet the mental and behavioral health needs of vulnerable populations in our schools, community health centers and VA medical centers.
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