March, 2014
Only about 5.5% of the currently uninsured who are eligible for Medicaid under expansion report having seen a mental health professional in the last year. However, according to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, over 60% of adults with a diagnosable behavioral health disorder and 70 percent of children in need of treatment […]
Author
MJS & Company (citing Kaiser Commission on the Uninsured, "Mental Health Financing in the United States: A Primer," April 2011)
June, 2013
The provision of the ACA that will have the most direct and discernable impacts on public transportation is the broadening of eligibility of the Medicaid program, a change that is expected to bring 11 million new participants into the program by 2018.
Author
Antonio Santalucia, Bethany Whitaker, and Ellen Oettinger
January, 2005
Examining population subgroups, one study found that 26.5% of households with incomes less than $20,000 do not own a vehicle.
Author
Richard Wallace, Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Hillary Mull, and Snehamay Khasnabis, Wayne State
