Repealing the aca could cause a mental health care crisis. ...

3 pages - 168.8 KB
Our nation's healthcare system has made impressive progress in the last several years. as a direct result of the affordable care act (aca), ...
Document in text mode:
Repealing the ACA Could Cause a Mental Health Care Crisishttp://careforyourmind.org/repealingtheacacouldcauseamentalhealthcarecrisis/REPEALING THE ACA COULDCAUSE A MENTAL HEALTHCARE CRISISPosted in Mental Health Reform | January 10, 2017 Jeffrey Harman, PhDCollege of Medicine, Florida State UniversityCare For Your Mind acknowledges and appreciates thecollaboration of the National Network of DepressionCenters for developing this post.Our nation’s healthcare system has made impressiveprogress in the last several years. As a direct result ofthe Affordable Care Act (ACA), we’ve reached a recordlow uninsured rate; the number of unpaid medical bills(or bad debt) has plummeted; and 20 million Americansnow have insurance purchased through the ACAmarketplace.But there are imminent threats facing this hardwon progress. Our newlyelectedpresident is staunchly opposed to the ACA. He and congressional Republicanshave vowed to repeal Obamacare, with no clear plan for what would replace it....
Relevant files:
Major considerations for repealing and replacing the aca agenda
Researchers find that repealing or revising aca would be challenging
Repealing aca would leave more veterans uninsured, increase ...
The economic effects of repealing and replacing the aca
Repealing the affordable care act (aca) what's at stake for californians ...
95000 maine residents would lose coverage in 2019 under aca repeal