The Impact of Strengthening Medicaid on Missouri’s Mental Health System
April 15, 2013
The Missouri Department of Mental Health's report projects the effects on Missouri's mental health system of extending Medicaid eligibility to low-income, childless adults under the Affordable Care Act. The analysis concerns four community hospitals. They are: CoxHealth-Springfield, SSM St. Joseph Health Center-St. Charles/Wentzville, Truman Medical Center-Lakewood and Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center-Kennett. The analysis found that expanding Medicaid would move Missouri's mental health system toward earlier intervention for people developing serious mental illness and addiction disorders.
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