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Close to [Economic] Reality
Staff Reporters
According to Diana Manos, of Healthcare Finance News, Congress just moved one step closer to passing legislation that would require companies that offer mental health coverage to offer benefits, co-payments and medical treatment limits equal to those for traditional healthcare coverage.
History
This sort of coverage has been ten years in the making, as the Senate approved a larger tax extender bill [HR. 6049] that includes mental health parity measures. The measure matched a similar bill passed by the House in March and lawmakers are calling for the bills to be made law before year’s end.
Assessment
Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM), Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn) praised its broad bipartisan support.
Conclusion
Your thoughts and comments are appreciated. Can the country and/or private third party insurance companies afford this mental-health bill?
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Mental Health Quotation
“Do we want two types of accounts about human behavior – one to explain the conduct of sane or mentally healthy persons, and another to explain the conduct of insane or mentally ill persons? I maintain that we do not need, and should not try, to account for normal behavior one way (motivationally), and for abnormal behavior another way (causally). Specifically, I suggest that the principle, ‘Actions speak louder than words’ can be used to explain the conduct of mentally-ill persons; just as well as it can the behavior of mentally healthy persons”.
By Thomas Szasz
Insanity [The Idea and Its Consequences]
1997, p.352
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