Mental Health Advocates Cheer Parity Law Enactment
Mental health advocates are looking forward to enactment in July of a two-year-old law (HR 1424) requiring parity for coverage of mental and physical illnesses and are further encouraged that the law will apply to the 32 million uninsured U.S. residents who are expected to gain coverage under the new health reform law. Proponents of mental health parity legislation say that uninsured U.S. residents are more likely to experience mental illness.
- "Mental Health Experts Applaud Focus on Parity" (Kershaw, New York Times, 3/29).