AdvertisementSenate Health Bill Could Both Boost And Undercut Mental Health FundingJuly 08, 2017Liz SzabofacebookEmailA provision in the bill proposed by the GOP Senate would permit Medicaid to pay for longer stints of inpatient psychiatric care. But other parts of the bill would strip $772 billion from Medicaid — the single-largest funder of care for people who have schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or another serious mental illness. (Getty Images)