Mental Health Parity : Federal and State Action and Economic Impact.

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 provisions and...

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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], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Health insurance. Mental health facilities. Medical economics. Electronic books.
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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 provisions and enforcement of Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, full-parity legislation, and 110th Congress legislation.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.