Abstract The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will expand coverage of
mental health and substance use disorder benefits and federal parity protections to over 60 …

Prior to the passage of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), about 49 million Americans were …

The Affordable Care Act will provide one of the largest expansions of mental health and
substance use disorder coverage in a generation. Beginning in 2014 under the law, all new …

Enactment of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008 was the culmination
of a decades-long effort to improve insurance coverage for mental health and addiction …

Objective: In 2008, the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)
passed, prohibiting US health plans from subjecting mental health and substance use …

This analysis estimates the number of currently uninsured adults who may gain coverage
and access behavioral health (BH) services under the ACA. Data on BH status, socio …

Provisions of the Affordable Care Act provide unprecedented opportunities for expanded
access to behavioral health care and for redesigning the provision of services. Key to these …

The Affordable Care Act, along with Medicaid expansions, offers the opportunity to redesign
the nation's highly flawed mental health system. It promotes new programs and tools, such …

Abstract Background: In the United States, insurance benefits for treating alcohol, drug
abuse and mental health (ADM) problems have been much more limited than medical care …

Individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders experience
a highly fragmented system of care, contributing to poor health outcomes and elevated …