California Poised To Strengthen Mental Health Insurance Laws

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One of the strongest mental health parity laws in the U.S. is on the governor's desk. It aims to help more than 13 million Californians — including those with milder mental illness and addictions.

Meanwhile, the insurance industry says the bill California's legislature passed Sunday is a misguided effort to fix the wrong problem.

Patrick Kennedy, a former U.S. congressman from Rhode Island, turned mental health advocate, co-authored the landmark 2008 federal law and disagrees with that argument from the insurance industry.discriminatory to people who are suffering from mental illness and addiction — especially at a time when our country is crying out" via an epidemic of overdoses and suicides.

 

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Great news...for Kanye West.

morgfair This is huge! Excellent news!

They need mentalhealth treatment on a large scale in CA. Homelessness is not a strictly economic problem.

It should be a national trend. Too many people are falling through the cracks.

Good. 45 will have insurance to pay for his Lithium, Valium, Clonodine, home health care after strokes. Cause he is going to get sued for every Commie loving dollar he has. The New York Jewish peeps are coming for him. And they ALWAYS get their man. Ask Eichmann. Oh. Executed😂

So the bill will increase everyone’s bill

Thank God! They need walk in clinics staffed mainly with peer specialists with a stigma free atmosphere. Community residences where recovery is taught ,molded to bring person centered care.

People are going to need it with the pandemic depressions and addictions setting in.

I didn't even read this story but that truck....can someone send that truck to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC? Their are occupants at that address desperately in need of that trucks services.

It’s a democratic state They couldn’t have invested in anything more necessary

Look out they will privatize NPR next. Be careful about being beholden to your Financiers,

They also passed this.

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