SearchAdvocacy Alert: Mental Health Parity Act
April 2007: Achieving parity in insurance coverage for alcohol, drug and mental health treatment is imperative at a time when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has estimated the annual economic cost of alcohol and other drug problems in America to be more than $400 billion. The PAUL WELLSTONE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION EQUITY ACT OF 2007 will improve access to lifesaving mental health and addiction treatment by limiting the discriminatory barriers that have kept thousands of Americans with mental health and substance use disorders from receiving the care they desperately need.
- LAC Position Paper on Parity
- Background: Support H.R. 1424, The Paul Welllstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007
- U.S. House of Representatives Advocacy Alert: Contact Your U.S. Representatives Today and Ask Them to Support H.R. 1424 The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007
- U.S. Senate Advocacy Alert: Please Contact Your U.S. Senators Today and Ask Them to Support S. 558 The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 with Inclusion of Key Provisions from House Parity Bill, H.R. 1424