email article Ways to address to the nation's growing behavioral health crises -- from enhancing reimbursement for certain community health clinics, to leveraging mobile crisis units, and peer support staff -- got a hearing from the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care on Wednesday. Before the coronavirus pandemic, one in five Americans had a mental health problem, but only half received treatment, said subcommittee chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Then the pandemic happened. In January 2021, roughly 41% of American adults reported struggling with depression or anxiety -- more than triple the share of Americans confronting these same issues prior to the pandemic, Stabenow said, citing Kaiser Family Foundation data.