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- Title
A political history of federal mental health and addiction insurance parity.
- Authors
Barry, Colleen L; Huskamp, Haiden A; Goldman, Howard H
- Abstract
This article chronicles the political history of efforts by the U.S. Congress to enact a law requiring "parity" for mental health and addiction benefits and medical/surgical benefits in private health insurance. The goal of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity (MHPAE) Act of 2008 is to eliminate differences in insurance coverage for behavioral health. Mental health and addiction treatment advocates have long viewed parity as a means of increasing fairness in the insurance market, whereas employers and insurers have opposed it because of concerns about its cost. The passage of this law is viewed as a legislative success by both consumer and provider advocates and the employer and insurance groups that fought against it for decades.
- Publication
The Milbank quarterly, 2010, Vol 88, Issue 3, p404
- ISSN
1468-0009
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0009.2010.00605.x