Mental health shouldn't be "treated like a stepchild" to physical health, says HHS chief

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The Biden administration plans to ramp up mental health services to aid millions of Americans struggling from the disruptions, hardships and grief of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation's top federal health official says, but needs more money from Congress to do "transformative work on mental health."

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Mental health shouldn't be "treated like a stepchild" to physical health, says HHS chief

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