Why Don’t We Have Mental Health Parity?

The law says insurance companies the same as they do everything else. Addiction as much as diabetes. Depression as much as cancer. But around the country, consumers are taking their insurers to court saying the companies are refusing to pay up. The insurance providers say mental health is complicated, and keeping costs down is part of their job.

What does this mean for patients? Kaiser Health News reporter discusses the complex issue on .

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<h2>Why Don’t We Have Mental Health Parity?</h2>
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<p>The law says insurance companies  the same as they do everything else. Addiction as much as diabetes. Depression as much as cancer. But around the country, consumers are taking their insurers to court saying the companies are refusing to pay up. The insurance providers say mental health is complicated, and keeping costs down is part of their job.</p><p>What does this mean for patients? Kaiser Health News reporter  discusses the complex issue on .</p><p>��</p><p><strong>Read More on Mental Parity:</strong></p><ul><li></li><li></li><li></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/news/why-dont-we-have-mental-health-parity/?share=x">				Share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="/news/why-dont-we-have-mental-health-parity/?share=facebook">				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="/news/why-dont-we-have-mental-health-parity/?share=linkedin">				Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Why%20Don%E2%80%99t%20We%20Have%20Mental%20Health%20Parity%3F&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fwhy-dont-we-have-mental-health-parity%2F&share=email">				Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="/news/why-dont-we-have-mental-health-parity/">				Print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="/news/why-dont-we-have-mental-health-parity/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="/about-us">���ϳԹ��� News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about .</em><p><a href="/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to ���ϳԹ��� News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="/news/why-dont-we-have-mental-health-parity/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="">���ϳԹ��� News</a> and is republished here under a <a target="_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License</a>.<img src="/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"></p>
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