If Your Insurer Covers Few Therapists, Is That Really Mental Health Parity?

(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News)

It’s been nearly a decade since Congress passed the mental health parity act,with its promise to make mental health and substance abuse treatment just as easy to get as care for any other condition. Yet today, in the midst of the opioid epidemic and a spike in the rate of suicide, patients still struggle to access treatment. Continue reading article here…

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