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Medicaid expansion boosted mental health coverage in four states

By Robert King
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Medicaid expansion boosted mental health coverage in four states

A federal watchdog found that 1 in 3 Medicaid expansion enrollees got mental health treatment in four states.

The GAO looked at four states that expanded Medicaid: Iowa, New York, Washington, and West Virginia. It found that in 2014, 1 in 3 expansion enrollees got behavioral health treatments.

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