By Tony Pugh/McClatchyDC.com
As millions of Americans gain health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, experts say their higher rates of mental health and substance abuse disorders will be difficult to treat due to a lack of counselors and behavioral therapists who accept Medicaid patients.
By Kim Painter/USA Today
Fewer teens smoke but more are depressed; fewer teens and young adults abuse pain meds.
By Kelly Kennedy and Aamer Madhani/USA Today
Friday’s announcement said insurers must charge similar co-payments and deductibles for mental and physical treatments.
By Andrew Kitchenman/www.njspotlight.com
NJ residents newly eligible under ACA will get services not available to most already in federal program.
By Kirsty Groff and May Wildman/kaiserhealthnews.org
NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg threw herself into the center of a word usage debate in February when she asked the lawyer for a man who had lied about receiving a Congressional Medal of Honor, “So, is your client a nut case?”