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Ep 52: Pessimism Is Not a Strategy with Marcus Schmit
Rachel speaks with Marcus Schmit, Executive Director of NAMI Minnesota, about what is actually happening on the ground as federal Medicaid funding cuts ripple through the mental health system — and why, despite everything, pessimism is not a strategy.
NAMI Minnesota has been a statewide leader in mental health advocacy, education, and peer support for decades. Marcus stepped into the Executive Director role as his state was navigating an extraordinary convergence of collective trauma — the pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, a school shooting, the assassination of a state legislator, and…
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