For the study, researchers examined survey data on health care use from 2006 to 2014 for a nationwide sample of 207,853 U.S. adults ages 18 to 64. For people without serious psychological distress, the proportion of adults unable to afford medications dropped from 10.7 percent to 8 percent. To assess how many people had serious psychological distress, researchers focused on questions that examined how often participants experienced feelings like exhaustion, hopelessness, nervousness, restlessness, sadness and worthlessness. By the end of the study, 9.9 percent of adults with serious psychological distress couldn't afford to see a mental health care provider, up from 8.7 percent in 2006, the study found. Researchers lacked data to examine how different states' approaches to expanding Medicaid coverage through the ACA might influence whether mentally ill adults could get needed care.
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House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2017. "What I'm getting to him is based on conversations that I've had with (Tuesday Group co-chairman) Tom MacArthur and leadership, but I wouldn't say that it's approved at this point," Meadows, chairman of the Freedom Caucus, told USA TODAY. As the legislation was tugged further to the right to try to get the Freedom Caucus on board, a handful of moderates announced they could not support it. Meadows and the three dozen hardline conservatives he leads didn't feel the bill went far enough. "Member discussions continue but I have no schedule update to report," Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong told USA TODAY.
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