New Campaign Announced to Achieve Effective Parity Enforcement in 10 States
Five of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for effective enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Parity Act) today announced the launch of the Parity@10 Compliance Campaign. The campaign is a three year effort that will unite local and national advocates in 10 states to pursue full enforcement of the Parity Act - with the ultimate goal of ensuring that the law lives up to its promise nationwide. The campaign is being spearheaded by the Legal Action Center (LAC),
One of the major recommendations outlined in the final report of the President's
"The campaign is ready to jumpstart parity enforcement," said
Parity@10 will launch in five states -
"Every day, more than 290 Americans will die from either a drug overdose or suicide. We cannot wait one more minute to take action," says
The current enforcement framework primarily relies on consumers to raise issues with Parity Act compliance, but a recent analysis found that insurance plan documents do not generally provide the information necessary for consumers to determine whether their coverage complies with the law. The Parity@10 Campaign will advocate for state regulators to shift to a pre-market, prospective regulatory review process to ensure that plans are complying with the Parity Act before they are sold, rather than continuing to place the burden on consumers to identify Parity Act violations and assert their right to care in the midst of a health crisis.
"My child was battling a life-threatening disease; he was personally begging for help and my insurance company said that treatment wasn't 'medically necessary.'" She adds, "We were the lucky ones - we had the means to pay now and fight later - if we hadn't been able to do that our son would probably not be here today, instead he lives a full and beautiful life in recovery. My family is still climbing out of debt for care that insurance should have covered. The model doesn't work - people are dying every day waiting for their insurance companies to approve the care that they are entitled to receive under the law."
The initial phase of the Parity@10 Campaign is partially funded by each of the following entities:
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