MedCity News January 25, 2022
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security Ali Khawar vows to do whatever is necessary, including suggesting Congress authorize fines, to finally bring insurers into compliance with the 2008 mental health parity law.
A federal report released Tuesday found insurers and health plans are failing to provide mental health and substance use treatment coverage at the same level as medical and surgery benefits. And it’s a major barrier to care, especially for those already struggling to get help. That was the message from the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury in their 2022 Report to Congress on the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008.
“As someone in recovery,...
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