Department of Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland at College Park, 4200 Valley Dr, Suite 2242, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
Adm Policy Ment Health. 2018 Nov;45(6):924-932. doi: 10.1007/s10488-018-0875-9.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to expand health insurance coverage and minimize financial barriers to receiving health care services for individuals. However, little is known about how the ACA has impacted individuals with mental health conditions. This study finds that the implementation of the ACA is associated with an increase in rate of health insurance coverage among nonelderly adults with serious psychological distress (SPD) and a reduction in delaying and forgoing necessary care. The ACA also reduced the odds of an individual with SPD not being able to afford mental health care. Mental health care access among racial and ethnic minority populations and people with low income has improved during 2014-2016, but gaps remain.
平价医疗法案(ACA)旨在扩大医疗保险覆盖范围,并最大限度地减少个人获得医疗服务的经济障碍。然而,对于 ACA 如何影响心理健康状况的个人知之甚少。本研究发现,ACA 的实施与严重心理困扰(SPD)的非老年成年人的医疗保险覆盖率的增加以及延迟和放弃必要的护理的减少有关。ACA 还降低了 SPD 患者无法负担精神保健的可能性。在 2014 年至 2016 年期间,少数民族和低收入人群的精神保健服务的获得情况有所改善,但差距仍然存在。