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The Costs and Effects of Parity for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Insurance Benefits

Posted on June 16, 2009 21:28

Topics: Insurance | Legislation | Mental Health | Parity | Private Insurance | SAMHSA | State Legislation | Substance Use

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This 1998 report examined the state of mental health and substance abuse parity under the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 and state parity laws.  The study summarized characteristics of state parity laws, conducted detailed case studies of five state parity laws, analyzed actuarial estimates of the costs of parity, and provided estimates of premium increases under full and partial parity. 

The full report is available from SAMHSA here: http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/Mc99-80/Prtyfnix.asp 


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