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Federal judge's ruling that ACA no longer constitutional concerns field
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31713
Subject(s) - appeal , medicaid , law , federal court , political science , patient protection and affordable care act , mental illness , health insurance , field (mathematics) , health care , mental health , medicine , supreme court , psychiatry , mathematics , pure mathematics
On the eve of the deadline for open enrollment in most states, a ruling by a federal district court judge in Texas that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional has raised some serious concerns in the field regarding the potential consequences such a ruling might have on consumers with serious mental illness and on Medicaid. Advocates are calling for an appeal effort to protect health care for everyone.