Access To Mental Health Care: A Case Study

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Access to mental health care in the United States is an ongoing issue and has seen little resolve. Nonacceptance of insurance may have implications on access to care for patients with mental illness and may limit the ability of policy makers to implement proposals to improve access for patients (Bishop, et al., 2014). Since many mental health physicians accept diminutive insurance, so many patients are not able to receive the proper care that need. The ACA offers states flexibility in expanding Medicaid (primarily to childless adults, not generally eligible previously) to cover supportive services needed by those with significant behavioural health conditions in addition to basic benefits at parity (Beronio et al., 2014). Some providers are

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