While more is needed, there is help for people struggling with mental health issues
“Through our work, people have access to mental health benefits,” Bartram said. “It’s very variable, but sometimes it can be $2,000 worth, and other times $200 worth.”
While finances and mental health were mentioned in the announcement, there remained no strategy towards providing Canadians with better mental health care overall. “There is a consensus that there is no one solution to address the overdose crisis,” Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health said in a recent statement. “Safer supply pilot projects are one of many important tools we have to save lives.”Article content
“Health care in Canada is generally 30 per cent covered by the private sector, and that changed a bit during the pandemic,” Bartram said. “When all those campaigns are going to slow down, we’re going to drop back to that 30 per cent figure.”
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