Benefits Of Medicaid Expansion For Behavioral Health

This report was issued March 28, 2016, by researchers with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The report presents statistics on the prevalence of mental illness and addiction disorder in states that have not expanded Medicaid. The information is from the National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) for 2010 through 2014. The researchers found that in states that have not expanded Medicaid, about 24.9% of adults between the ages of 18 and . . .