Yes, I believe the requirements under the essential benefit plan of the Affordable Care Act and our actions on the Medicaid program to buy into that essential benefit plan will singularly help both the mental health and the substance abuse community because it brings to true parity finally the financing mechanism for those services.
James R. Thompson: “Yes, I believe the requirements under the essential benefit plan of the Affordable Care Act and our actions on the…”
On the recordJune 11, 2013
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Thompson discusses how Medicaid expansion will improve mental health services access.
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