State Participation In The Medicaid Expansion Provision Of The Affordable Care Act: Implications For Uninsured Individuals With A Behavioral Health Condition

This report was issued November 18, 2015, by researchers with 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 2009 through 2013. Approximately 5.3 million individuals with a behavioral health disorder (either mental illness, substance use disorder, or both) who were who were eligible for Medicaid expansion, 33.9% (or 1.8 million) lived in . . .