MENTAL HEALTH PARITY: An Elusive Goal
Despite the passage of 1996 federal law aimed at bringing mental health benefits in line with treatments for physical ills, "parity" remains an elusive goal. In this week's Stryker's Corner, California Healthline's Jeff Stryker looks at coverage for mental health treatments in the wake of the White House Conference on Mental Health, hosted by Tipper Gore, with a little help from her husband and their friends, the Clintons.
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