resonance Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Senators John Kerry and Olympia Snowe have reintroduced a bill that would make Medicare mental health co-pays equivalent to non-mental health co-pays, instead of two and a half times as much. See Shrink Rap for details and please write your senators. Here is a copy of the letter I sent my senators. If you agree with what I say, please feel free to use it yourself, editing as much as you like. I am asking you to please support the Medicare Mental Health Copayment Equity Act of 2007 (S.1715). Non-discriminatory coverage for mental disorders benefits everyone, both by reducing unnecessary human suffering and by reducing the financial and social costs involved when these disabling medical problems are left untreated. Equating co-pays is a small step toward non-discriminatory coverage, and I ask you to contribute to that by supporting this bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunshineOutside Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Resonance, Thanks for the info. I'm on board! SunshineOutside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resonance Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misscat Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 There is also a link on the DBSA website on mental health parity law. It's under the advocacy section and you can send a email directly to the government reps from there. Cat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resonance Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 That's great! I couldn't find that specific parity bill, but they have a number of easy-submit advocacy possibilities: http://capwiz.com/ndmda/home/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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