Medical Economics October 24, 2024
Richard Payerchin

Key Takeaways

  • Bipartisan support exists for enhancing mental health care access, with skepticism towards insurance companies’ coverage of these services.
  • The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 has broad public support, emphasizing the need for equitable mental health treatment.
  • A new federal rule aims to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder treatments for privately insured individuals.
  • Survey data, collected in September, highlights U.S. adults’ views on mental health service accessibility, with some percentages excluding “don’t know” responses.

West Health-Gallup measures public support for mental health treatment, skepticism about insurance coverage.

Mental health care is an issue with support from Democrats, Republicans and independent voters, according to a new poll.

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Topics: Mental Health, Physician, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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