When Medicaid Disappears: How Cuts Could Devastate Behavioral Health Care in Rural America

Potential Medicaid cuts could have devastating impacts on rural communities, particularly for behavioral health care access. Learn about the fragile behavioral health landscape in rural America and how Medicaid cuts could deepen gaps in health care access and resources. #medicaid #medicaidcuts #ruralhealthcare #shorts #podcastclips

Full episode available wherever you get your podcasts, or on the Advancing Health channel at https://www.aha.org/advancing-health-podcast/2025-07-02-when-medicaid-disappears-how-cuts-could-devastate-behavioral-health-care-rural-america

Host: Rebecca Chickey, senior director of behavioral health, American Hospital Association

Guest: Jon Ulven, Ph.D., behavioral health psychologist and chair of adult psychology, Sanford Health

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