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What's the economic cost of untreated mental illness? One state did the math.

by Elizabeth Gabriel

Dec 19, 2023

Indiana lost over $4 billion in 2019 from the condition, research shows. Effects include a smaller workforce and premature deaths.

Willie Frazier, an Indiana resident who has no health insurance, is suffering from untreated mental illness. “Depression is real,” he says. “And it can hit you anywhere."

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