http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/06/mental-health-parity-this-year/ Dr. John Grohol's daily update on all things in psychology and mental health. Since 1999. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/06/mental-health-parity-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-448058 Mental Health is Medicine’s Second Fiddle - World of Psychology Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:39:55 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=1962#comment-448058 [...] From ERs to health insurance reimbursement, mental health concerns always seem to get the short shrift. Nobody cares, nobody pays them much attention. Mainstream family physicians and medical doctors nearly always look at a mental health concern as something akin to a rare STD or skin condition, and always seem somewhat uncomfortable talking about them (”It’s all in your head!”). [...] [...] From ERs to health insurance reimbursement, mental health concerns always seem to get the short shrift. Nobody cares, nobody pays them much attention. Mainstream family physicians and medical doctors nearly always look at a mental health concern as something akin to a rare STD or skin condition, and always seem somewhat uncomfortable talking about them (”It’s all in your head!”). [...]

]]> http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/06/mental-health-parity-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-434431 mental health » Blog Archive » Mental Health Parity This Year? Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:01:19 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=1962#comment-434431 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

]]> http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/06/mental-health-parity-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-434386 Mental Health Parity This Year? Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:02:19 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=1962#comment-434386 [...] BlueNC | The people’s think tank wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt It’s taken 7 years to get to this point, but it appears that with the passage of a House bill that calls for mental health parity. What is mental health parity? Well, it’s simple really — treating mental health disorders as equals to other medical ailments. Insurers have long treated the two as distinct, separate concerns that are covered (or not covered, as is so often the case) in vastly different ways. Now both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate have passed mental health parity bills. The t [...] [...] BlueNC | The people’s think tank wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt It’s taken 7 years to get to this point, but it appears that with the passage of a House bill that calls for mental health parity. What is mental health parity? Well, it’s simple really — treating mental health disorders as equals to other medical ailments. Insurers have long treated the two as distinct, separate concerns that are covered (or not covered, as is so often the case) in vastly different ways. Now both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate have passed mental health parity bills. The t [...]

]]> http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/03/06/mental-health-parity-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-434346 » You call that parity? Millennial Mind: Helping young adults navigate the world of mental illness Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:44:01 +0000 http://psychcentral.com/blog/?p=1962#comment-434346 [...] But the legislation still needs to be worked out — and it’s full of loopholes, as World of Psychology points out: Stuck in both plans is an easy out, however: a good ol’ “Cost Exemption” clause. This clause basically says that mental health parity need not apply to any health plan if the costs of providing mental health parity exceed 2% in the first year, or 1% in any subsequent year. In other words, we like mental health parity as long as it doesn’t cost us anything. [...] [...] But the legislation still needs to be worked out — and it’s full of loopholes, as World of Psychology points out: Stuck in both plans is an easy out, however: a good ol’ “Cost Exemption” clause. This clause basically says that mental health parity need not apply to any health plan if the costs of providing mental health parity exceed 2% in the first year, or 1% in any subsequent year. In other words, we like mental health parity as long as it doesn’t cost us anything. [...]

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