Medscape (1/19, Ault) reports, “Millions of Americans gained health insurance coverage for mental illness and substance use disorders under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but this did not translate into an increase in treatment,” researchers found after analyzing “cross-sectional data on 70,000 individuals aged 18 to 64 years who were participants in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.” Specifically, the study revealed “only very minimal increases in treatment of mental health disorders and no increase in treatment of substance use disorders after the ACA was passed.” The findings were published online Jan. 17 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
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