GOP Health-Care Bill Would Drop Addiction Treatment Mandate Covering 1.3 Million Americans / The Washington Post March 10, 2017 Chris Aguirre via The Washington Post Beginning in 2020, the plan would eliminate an Affordable Care Act requirement that Medicaid cover basic mental-health and addiction services in states that expanded it. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/w...
Addiction Treatment Grew Under Health Law. Now What? / The New York Times February 13, 2017 Chris Aguirre via New York Times The (Affordable Care Act) has had a profound effect on mental health and addiction treatment, vastly expanding access to those services by designating them as “essential benefits." Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/health/...
Citing Opioid Crisis, Obama's Drug Czar Warns Against Repealing Affordable Care Act / The Huffington Post February 2, 2017 Chris Aguirre Michael Botticelli says the ACA has helped to combat the country’s opioid epidemic. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aca-op...