How the American Health Care Act Would Affect Mental-Health Coverage
“Under the Affordable Care Act, low-income people at risk for mental-health emergencies, and those fighting substance abuse issues finally had a way to pay for preventative and rehabilitative services. ‘Basically, what that did then is create a sort of plan of care for people,’ says Doug Walter of the American Psychological Association. ‘Rather than being cycled in and out of emergency rooms, they actually now had access through the medicaid expansion to mental health providers like psychologists who then could provide a plan of treatment.’”