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Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-OR), flanked by Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), left, and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), speaks during a news conference on the Congressional Mental Health Caucus, May 7, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol.

With all of the blinding detail in the 1,116-page “Big Beautiful Bill” and the attention to the legislative jousting between the House and Senate, it’s too easy to lose sight of the devastating budget cuts in the bill. The major ones, such as Medicaid and food stamps, have gotten a lot of notice, but many more have received too little attention.

One is mental health.

A notable achievement of the Biden years, thanks to smart public policy, has been a sharp reduction in drug overdose deaths. You would think this would be of interest to Trump, s

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