Another round for insurance parity legislation
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The Senate introduced a bi-partisan bill for health insurance to cover mental illness and substance abuse. It aims to expand coverage and end discrimination in employee plans. State parity laws, many with incomplete coverage, are also inconsistent, and the president of Mental Health America, David Shern, noted that millions of people are excluded from them. Limiting access to “needed health care based solely on society's characterization of an illness raises a profound civil rights issue,” he said. Another bill to provide coverage for roughly half to three-quarters of low wage-earners, now without guarantees of paid sick days, will be introduced under the Health Family Act.
