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Making the Right Choices: Reforming Medicaid to Improve Outcomes for People Who Need Mental Health Care

Author(s): 
Koyanagi C, Mathis J, Semansky R.
Publisher: 
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

This issue brief analyzes recent proposals to change Medicaid for consumers with mental illnesses. According to the authors, drastic changes in Medicaid are unnecessary and unwise; rather, improvements to the current system would cover more uninsured citizens and avoid endangering the benefits of those already receiving Medicaid.