Impact of ACA Health Reforms for People With Mental Health Conditions

Objective:This brief report explores the impact of health reform for people with mental illness.Methods:The Health Reform Monitoring Survey was used to examine health insurance, access to care, and employment for 1,550 people with mental health conditions pre- and postimplementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and by state Medicaid expansion status. Multivariate logistic regressions with predictive margins were used.Results:Post-ACA reforms, people with mental health conditions were less likely to be uninsured (5% versus 13%; t=−6.89, df=50, p