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      Behavioral health parity and the Affordable Care Act.

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          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 uninsured. Among those with employer-sponsored health insurance, 2% had coverage that entirely excluded mental health benefits and 7% had coverage that entirely excluded substance use treatment benefits. The rates of noncoverage for mental and substance use disorder care in the individual health insurance markets are considerably higher. Private health insurance generally limits the extent of these benefits. The combination of MHPEA and ACA extended overall health insurance coverage to more people and expanded the scope of coverage to include mental health and substance abuse benefits.

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          Journal
          J Soc Work Disabil Rehabil
          Journal of social work in disability & rehabilitation
          Informa UK Limited
          1536-7118
          1536-710X
          2014
          : 13
          : 1-2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] a Department of Health Care Policy , Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts , USA.
          Article
          NIHMS566563
          10.1080/1536710X.2013.870512
          4334111
          24483783
          4220e2a7-368c-40e1-8e9e-7e790a6c0b05
          History

          cooccurring disorders,disability economics,disability policy,health care,mental health,mental illness,policy,substance abuse

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