Medicare and Mental Illness

ARTHUR E. HESSAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.123.2.174

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Although limitations on psychiatric care under Medicare provisions are significant, the 1965 legislation represents an extension beyond expected coverage and toward broad insurance-type benefits for the treatment of mental illness among the elderly. Furthermore, as a departure from the traditional federal policy of viewing the care of the mentally ill as a state and local responsibility, the Medicare legislation constitutes a decisive innovation and a good omen for the future.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 123 • Number 2 • August 1966

Pages: 174 - 176

PubMed: 5329928

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Published in print: August 1966

Published online: 1 April 2006

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ARTHUR E. HESS

Director, Bureau of Health Insurance, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Md.

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