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Mental Health
Health insurance companies help block mental health parity bill
June 28th, 2004
Aided by House Speaker Dennis Hastert, insurance companies successfully have blocked legislation to make them provide equal coverage for mental and physical illnesses if their policies include both. President Bush endorsed the concept 2 years ago. Today, supporters of the bill are willing to settle for a scaled-back version they hope Congress will pass in 2004. The original legislation has 69 sponsors in the Senate and 246 sponsors in the House, clear majorities in both chambers. It was named for late Senator Paul Wellstone, a Minnesota Democrat who championed the issue for years. Hastert, however, has declined to schedule a House...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2004-06-28)
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