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NewsMental health and physical health gain equal legal footing
Group health plans can no longer set higher costs for caring for patients' mental healthcare than their medical and surgical services due to a new federal law. The sweeping change applies to the Read more...
MA expands mental health coverage requirements
A new law has gone into effect in Massachusetts that expands existing limits on care for a new group of mental health disorders, sparking warnings from some observers that the price tag may be more Read more...
States average 'D' grade on public mental health systems
Public mental health infrastructure was far from robust three years ago, and it hasn't improved at all since then, according to a new report from the National Alliances on Mental Illness. According Read more...
Congress passes mental health parity measure
After years of skirmishing and compromise, Congress has finally passed a mental health parity bill. The bill, as approved by both houses, would prohibit employers offering mental health coverage from Read more...
Mental health issues: Invisible in plain sight
When a woman dies in a psych emergency department after waiting 24 hours to get a bed, people understandably focus on her death. And when nurses get punched, kicked and beaten by psychiatrically Read more...
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