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Mental Health Parity

Mental Health Parity Following the death of Sen Paul Wellstone (D, Minn), the Senate extended for a year a law that provides insurance parity for mental health coverage. Passed in 1996, the law was set to expire at the end of 2002. It requires that insurance companies provide the same annual and lifetime benefits for physical and mental health coverage. Wellstone had pushed for an expansion of the law that would have prevented insurance companies from charging higher deductibles and copayments for mental health care. The new provisions, which were not enacted, also would have barred differing limits on the number of visits, total days of coverage, or scope of treatment. Bill cosponsor Pete Domenici (R, NM) vowed to revive the expanded version of the parity bill next year. Insurance and employer groups are expected to continue opposing the provisions by saying that they would drive up already soaring health care costs. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Mental Health Parity

Vastag, Brian
JAMA , Volume 289 (1) – Jan 1, 2003
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Mental Health Parity

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Following the death of Sen Paul Wellstone (D, Minn), the Senate extended for a year a law that provides insurance parity for mental health coverage. Passed in 1996, the law was set to expire at the end of 2002. It requires that insurance companies provide the same annual and lifetime benefits for physical and mental health coverage. Wellstone had pushed for an expansion of the law that would have prevented insurance companies from charging higher deductibles and copayments for mental health...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 2003 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0098-7484
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1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.289.1.35-c
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Abstract

Following the death of Sen Paul Wellstone (D, Minn), the Senate extended for a year a law that provides insurance parity for mental health coverage. Passed in 1996, the law was set to expire at the end of 2002. It requires that insurance companies provide the same annual and lifetime benefits for physical and mental health coverage. Wellstone had pushed for an expansion of the law that would have prevented insurance companies from charging higher deductibles and copayments for mental health care. The new provisions, which were not enacted, also would have barred differing limits on the number of visits, total days of coverage, or scope of treatment. Bill cosponsor Pete Domenici (R, NM) vowed to revive the expanded version of the parity bill next year. Insurance and employer groups are expected to continue opposing the provisions by saying that they would drive up already soaring health care costs.

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JAMA – American Medical Association

Published: Jan 1, 2003

Keywords: mental health,parity

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