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Mental Health Leader Outlines Looming Funding Cuts, Access Gaps in Rural Oregon — Columbia Community Connection News Mid-Columbia Region

The Dalles, Ore., Aug. 27, 2025 — In a wide-ranging conversation on the CCCNews Podcast, Mid-Columbia Center for Living Executive Director Al Barton warned that looming changes to Medicaid could leave rural Oregonians with fewer behavioral health services — even as demand continues to grow. Barton, who leads the tri-county mental health provider for Wasco, Hood River, and Sherman counties, said recent federal policy shifts could reduce Medicaid …
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Columbia Community Connection broke the news in on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
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