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BD SUMHAC Impact Newsletter: April 2024
By Kate Bazinsky, BD SUMHAC
Thank you for reading our very first e-newsletter! We are excited to have a new way to communicate with you and share the great work and impact of this growing Coalition.
We are grateful for the support you have given us over the past two years. Your commitment to the mission of BD SUMHAC is saving lives and enables us to offer resources, tools, and advocacy to ensure equitable access to behavioral health care for the bleeding disorders community.
Breaking Down Barriers in Michigan
by Zach Ryan, HFM; Kaite Scott, HFM: and Dave Rushlow, Munson Healthcare NRBDC
In the fall of 2022, we were shocked to hear of a young man with hemophilia in Massachusetts who overdosed after being repeatedly denied access to residential substance use disorder facilities because of his bleeding disorder. We were even more concerned when it became clear that this was a national pattern.