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Push for mental-health 'parity' continues
camp at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to demand equal insurance coverage for
mental illness.
After an outdoor news conference with Reps. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.,
and Jim Ramstad, R-Minn., sponsors of a bill that would require health
insurers to cover mental illness in the same way as physical illness,
advocates set up a headquarters in a Senate office building from which
they organized lobbying visits and phone calls.
prohibit insurers from imposing higher co-payments and deductibles on
beneficiaries for mental healthcare.
The bill is named after the late Sen. Paul Wellstone of
was the bill's original sponsor.
"This is a public health crisis that in some way impacts every family
in
and addiction treatment," Kennedy said.
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Well written article.
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