The United States faces a growing mental health crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost 53 million Americans in 2020 reported being affected by mental illness, according to the HHS.
President Joe Biden has made tackling the country’s worsening mental health crisis a top priority. The HHS roadmap follows a report issued by the agency and the Labor and Treasury departments in January that found health insurers are failing to deliver parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits for their members.
