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I wrote about the difficulty facing reconciliation of the Senate and House versions of a mental health parity bill earlier this week.
Some employer groups, including the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), claim that H.R. 1424 is poorly crafted, would raise the costs of providing health care benefits and would force many businesses to reduce employee health care benefits. According to the employer groups, the House measure would require employers to provide coverage for all conditions listed in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
SHRM officials say the bill would allow states to enact laws that could pre-empt federal laws and create an uneven patchwork of state requirements, which would further increase the costs and the complexity of benefits administration.
SHRM, other employer groups and insurance providers support the Senate-approved version of the mental health parity bill (S. 558). The Senate passed the measure in September 2007.
Sigh.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:02 am March 9th, 2008 in Congress, Government, Health Care, Mental health, Politics
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