A Long Road Ahead: Achieving True Parity in Mental Health & Substance Use Care
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Summary
Health plans for people with pre-existing mental illness, if they included mental health benefits at all, have historically been more expensive, with limited benefits and significant administrative hurdles to obtaining care.This report describes a survey conducted by NAMI to assess the experiences of people living with mental illness and their families with private health insurance.The findings of the survey are supplemented with an analysis of 84 health plans in the top 15 states.
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Keywords
mental health, substance use disorder, mental health parity, health plans, parity requirements, insurance
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National Alliance on
Mental Illness (NAMI)