Mental Health Parity.

Summarizes the economic forces that explain persistent limitations on mental health insurance coverage in conventional, fee-for-service health plans. Discusses key issues relating to the feasibility of parity under managed care, and reviews State mental health parity legislation; the Mental Health P...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2003.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Health insurance. Medical economics. Mental health facilities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Summarizes the economic forces that explain persistent limitations on mental health insurance coverage in conventional, fee-for-service health plans. Discusses key issues relating to the feasibility of parity under managed care, and reviews State mental health parity legislation; the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996; and the full-parity legislation, S. 486/H.R. 95 (Senator Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act), reintroduced in 108th Congress.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.