News Report | January 18, 2010
New Hampshires 2007 Medicaid Data Show Average Overall Health Care Costs $10,000 Higher for People With Mental Illness
OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire
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Editors note: New Hampshires Medicaid and private insurer claims data for 2007 show that average health care costs for people with mental illness are much higher than those without mental illness. Medicaid members without mental illness had average costs of $3,485those with mental illnesses had average health care costs of $13,804. Privately insured people without mental illness had average claims of $2,407those with mental illness had average claims of $6,840. New Hampshire Institute on Disability researcher . . .