Question

Will the ACA significantly alter the delivery to mentally disabled populations?(250 words)

Answer 1

YES! ACA significantly alter the delivery to mentally disabled populations by expanding healthcare access for mental health of older adults by covering more insurance benefits especially for the pre-existing conditions. By doin g so, people who got denied for insurance coverage may also attain benefits from ACA.

It expands the access of mental health care by including the screening for mental health as free of cost such as depression screening and cognitive impairment screening. Thereby improves the mental health coverage to the people in need.

It integrates the physical and mental health system to coordinate care so as to treat the mental health problems in primary health care itself. As treating patients in mental health setting is more challenging and if it is treated in the primary care itself it helps the patient in depression for instance can be cured without taking to the higher levels.

Hence ACA helps in transforming the fragmented and inadequate mental health care and reforming services inorder to attain benefits for mental health of people.