Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Under the ACA
July 2019
Caroline Au Yeung, Colin Planalp
Behavioral Health
The ACA mandated mental health and addiction coverage parity to beneficiaries in the individual and small-group markets and to Medicaid expansion beneficiaries. This brief, prepared by SHADAC with CHCF support, details how the ACA applied these mandates and presents estimates of the number of people affected.