AXIOS October 18, 2023
Insurers and some employers contend the Biden administration’s recent proposal to bolster coverage of mental and behavioral care could actually backfire and make it more difficult for patients to access quality care.
The big picture: The health care payers are urging the administration to drop major features of its plan, including a new formula to determine whether insurers are improperly limiting patient access to mental health care. And a leading health insurer trade group called on the administration to scrap the whole thing.
Catch up quick: The administration in August proposed new rules to strengthen enforcement of a 2008 law that requires insurers to cover mental health services at the same level as physical health care.
- Under the proposal,...
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