NIH R01 · 2025
Project Summary/Abstract The now established Affordable Care Act (ACA) afforded an opportunity to increase mental health coverage and treatment for African Americans and whites and to reduce disparities. By extending Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes at or below 138% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), providing purchase subsidies for adults with incomes between 100% and 400% FPL, and by increasing the supply of Federally Qualified Health Centers which provide considerable mental health care nationwide, the ACA can benefit uninsured African Americans with mental health problems especially. We know little about how much ACA policies increased coverage and treatment for mentally ill…
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