Healthcare Reform

Enacted on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (Pub.L. 111-148) is expected to expand health care coverage to an additional 32 million citizens and legal immigrants by 2019 through a combination of state-based private insurance exchanges and a Medicaid expansion. In addition, the new law includes a number of reforms to curb harmful insurance company practices as well as provisions to slow the growth of health care costs and improve quality of care.

Resources on Medicaid Managed Care Services

On May 7th, 2012, Mental Health America staff and guest speakers presented a webinar on Medicaid Managed Care Contracting. Materials for the webinar are below:

2011 Annual Conference Highlights

The 2011 Mental Health America Conference held at the Hyatt Regency from June 9th - 11th featured a healthcare reform advocacy track that included four sessions on:

Health Reform
State Exchanges
Medicaid Expansion
Advocacy Strategies

A summary of the presentations and downloadable powerpoints can be found here.

Health Care Reform Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help advocates understand how the Affordable Care Act impacts the behavioral health community, and gives strategies for becoming involved in implementation activities in your state by engaging your legislators, Governor, mental health commissioner, and other key stakeholders.