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There is no health without mental health. It matters to all one of us, particularly  coming out of a pandemic  that has placed extraordinary stress on the entire world. Youth suicides have doubled in the last decade. One in five adults are experiencing a mental illness like anxiety or depression. Many adults struggle with  substance use — including  alcohol and prescription drugs. When a person has a mental health or substance use condition, it can limit their ability to work, to parent and to really enjoy their lives in the community. The Behavioral health and I/DD system in North Carolina has been stretched and catastrophically underfunded for decades. We have no choice but to invest now. Medicaid expansion allows North Carolina, a once-in-a generation opportunity to improve the foundation of care so every child and every adult in our state can get the substance use disorder and mental health treatment that they need when and where they need it. With the passage of Medicaid exp