And of course all the helpless little democrats along for the ride, squealing in terror that a Republican might look at them sideways.Of course it is sabotaged and obstructed in every possible way by your garbage giveaway to the rich new BS GOP... Getting pills without much support is the bare minimum. Could you stop going around and around with bologna now please? We need a civilized country instead of this unfair GOP mess.No I am saying that your ridiculous propaganda machine lied when they said Democrats said it was guaranteed....duh.So Obamacare gives us the bare minimum just as we keep telling you, brainwash functional moron. Try the real world.Only on Fox! IdiotIt made it better but barely. The Democrats passed Obamacare by the skin of their teeth over GOP garbage propaganda and fear mongering. I mother had it was the best social reform since the 60s along with Medicare Medicaid....Agree. Mental health is always the last ti be addressed.Even worse are the large numbers of veterans on the street because they can't get the help they need.We suck at mental health. When budgets are cut, the first thing to go is mental health. A number of states have good laws on the books but they are completely unfunded and useless.
Closing mental instituations was a mixed bag - they were abusive, with people becoming deeply institutionalized, but they served a purpose that was not addressed in the massive de-institutionalizations that occurred. Most of those closings were done for budgetary reasons - and the money saved, which was supposed to go into community support - never did, leaving thousands of people unsupported and ill in communities with no facilities to help them. It sucked and it wasn't just a blue states it was red states. NC has had a lot of indepth investigative journalism on this - on how the money from the closing of big state institutions was then used for other things, not for mental health support.
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Wait whut! Didn't maobamacare take care of that? They swore it did.
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So the commies lied? maobamacare wasn't the cure all they claimed? Color me shocked, LMAO.
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You pathetic moron.
The ACA also guaranteed access to mental health services within individual, small-group (fully insured), and Medicaid expansion plans by mandating that they cover 10 essential health benefits, including mental health and prescription drugs. It applied the MHPAEA parity requirements to these plans, and required all plans (including large-group) to cover preventive services like mental health screenings at no cost. Individual and small-group plans also must meet provider network adequacy standards.
The ACA at 10: How Has It Impacted Mental Health Care?
Almost one of five adults in America — just under 50 million people — are currently living with a mental illness. People with mental health conditions are at significantly higher risk for other health problems and complications, including substance use. Annual U.S. mental health spending is more...www.commonwealthfund.org
ROFLMFAO
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So you're saying they lied when they said it was guaranteed? Typical commies. Damn you're a special kind of stuid.
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“We made parity between mental health and physical health. It was a fundamental breakthrough in how we thought about how things should work.”
Joe Biden, former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on July 8, 2019
Obamacare went further by requiring most plans to cover mental health and substance abuse. And it extended the parity requirement beyond large-employer-sponsored coverage to plans offered by small employers and those bought on the individual market.
Health economists estimate that the ACA extended mental health benefits to 62 million people.
Biden Calling ACA A ‘Breakthrough’ For Mental Health Parity Only Highlights Gaps
Did the Affordable Care Act create equal coverage of mental and physical health? Seems true on paper but not always in practice.khn.org