More than 5.4 million American adults have been diagnosed with autism, with that number only rising. Many of those individuals rely on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy, a leading evidence-based autism therapy. However, ABA therapy is not immune to the widespread practice of insurer denials. In 2023, insurers in the Affordable Care Act marketplace denied… Read more »
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Examining the Impact of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on Maternal Mental Health in ACA Expansion and Non-Expansion States
One in five pregnant women experience poor mental health, negatively impacting both the mother and child during pregnancy and after childbirth. In March 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) and imposed a continuous coverage requirement, which stopped state Medicaid programs from unenrolling people from the Medicaid program… Read more »