Monday, June 4, 2007

Mental Health Parity Gets Closer to Reality

For years now, advocates of a mental health parity law have had the votes they needed in Congress to pass a bill. However, every year until now, Republican House leaders quietly shoved it aside, making sure it could never get to a floor vote and effectively blocking every new push for passage.

This year, however, those Republican leaders are no longer in control, and health insurers and employer groups have been backing a Senate bill that they say they can live with, particularly if it means warding off House legislation that they see as far worse.

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