Dashed Hopes; Broken Promises; More Despair: How the Lack of State Participation in the Medicaid Expansion Will Punish Americans with Mental Illness

Abstract

This comprehensive study shows that 6.7 million uninsured people with a mental illness are currently eligible for coverage under the Medicaid Expansion that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. But the majority of these individuals with mental health conditions will be left out in the coverage cold due to their state's antagonism toward the Medicaid Expansion health insurance initiative