Impact of ACA health reforms for people with mental health conditions

Abstract

Objective: This brief report explores the impact of health reform for people with mental illness. Methods: The Health Reform Monitoring Survey was used to examine health insurance, access to care, and employment for 1,550 people with mental health conditions pre- and postimplementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and by state Medicaid expansion status. Multivariate logistic regressions with predictive margins were used. Results: Post-ACA reforms, people with mental health conditionswere less likely to be uninsured (5% versus 13%; t=26.89, df=50, p