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ACAP Report: Continuous Medicaid Eligibility Improved Access to Mental Health Care
A new study from researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health examines changes in access to mental health care for adults with low incomes before and after the implementation of Medicaid continuous eligibility issued as a response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Authored by Leighton Ku, professor of health policy and management, and Kristine Namhee Kwon, of the GW Center for Health Policy Research, Continuous Medicaid Eligibility Improved Access to Mental Health Care reveals that both before and after continuous eligibility went into effect, Medicaid enrollees had higher rates of mental health problems and greater utilization of mental health treatment compared to the uninsured or privately insured population.
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