Mental health and substance use disorder parity under the ACA: national and state estimates of parity gains as of 2017
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Au Yeung, Caroline, author Planalp, Colin, author
- Contributor(s):
- State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Minneapolis, Minnesota] : State Health Access Data Assistance Center, July 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Healthcare Disparities -- legislation & jurisprudence Healthcare Disparities -- trends Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance Coverage -- trends Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence Forecasting Health Services Accessibility -- legislation & jurisprudence Federal Government Medicaid Mental Disorders Small Business Substance-Related Disorders State Government Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In addition to expanding access to health insurance coverage for millions of Americans through subsidized individual market coverage and state Medicaid expansions, the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) applied Mental Health (MH) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) coverage and parity mandates to beneficiaries in the individual and small-group markets and to Medicaid expansion beneficiaries. The following brief details the mechanisms by which the ACA applied these mandates and presents national and state-level estimates of the number of people with insurance coverage that must newly provide MH/SUD parity under the ACA. These estimates provide important context for policymakers and others engaged in the ongoing debate about repealing, modifying, or replacing the ACA.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101753775 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101753775