The Politics Of Mental Health Care: The Uncertain Tea Leaves
When it comes to politics, the OPEN MINDS team regularly asks a simple question that often has profound answers for the mental health field – what policy changes have the greatest influence on the health care system? The past ten years have demonstrated that changes in policy can have a real, lasting effect on consumers and the organizations that finance, manage, and deliver their services. The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAE) of 2008 have arguably been the biggest policy changes in health care since the creation of . . .