On Friday, March 28, 2025, Northwest Indiana citizens, health centers, faith-based organizations, elected officials, and allies intend to make their voices heard in response to SB2: Medicaid matters. Concern over massive cuts to
Medicaid continues to escalate as communities begin to unravel the chilling prospects of this bill as it moves toward passage.
According to the Indiana Council of Community Mental Health Centers, Inc., “Medicaid is the largest payer for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services in the country, and cuts to the program’s funding will endanger people’s lives, increase burdens on hospitals and law enforcement, and have devastating broader effects on state economies.” The purpose of this event is to understand the challenges SB2 presents not just for those with mental health issues, but to gain a greater understanding of the impacts on children, veterans, Hoosiers living with disabilities, families, neighbors, and friends who stand to lose vital health coverage and their quality of life.
Join us for a community conversation to unpack SB2’s language. We will create space to hear from those who have the most to lose—uninsured/underinsured families, the elderly, caregivers, and people with disabilities. Find out how SB2 jeopardizes community Crisis Response Programs. Understand the risk to tens of thousands of healthcare jobs and services.
What: Public forum to address the ways SB2 threatens the financial stability and health of all Hoosiers
Who: Rep. Earl Harris, Jr., D-2 Gary Crisis Services Network Interfaith Action Network
Everybody Counts, AARP-SCSEP …and more.
When: Friday, March 28, 2025 @ 10:00 – 11:30 AM CST
Where: Lake County Government Complex
In front of the building facing 2293 N. Main Street
Park in the lot between the County Complex and the Purdue Extension building.
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About Edgewater Health
Edgewater Health celebrated fifty years of healthcare excellence in 2024. Originated in
1974 as the Gary Community Mental Health Center, Edgewater Health is Northwest
Indiana’s full-service partner for culturally competent, high-quality primary care and
behavioral health services. Our approach to caring for the whole person begins with health screenings and assessments and extends to integrated and specialized care, including addiction and opioid treatment, inpatient, outpatient, and adult residential services in ten locations. Edgewater Health established the first crisis stabilization center in the State of Indiana (2015); achieved Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike status under HRSA (2019); opened a clinic in Cedar Lake to focus on women’s health (2022), and more.
Edgewater Health participates in the VA’s Substance Treatment and Recovery (STAR)
model for active duty and veteran service members. Edgewater Health is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). Visit us at
edgewaterhealth.org.
