In a 2,500-word story, Bloomberg (5/16, Koons, Tozzi) reports that “the U.S. is in the midst of a mental health crisis,” and while “the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, a landmark law passed more than a decade ago, requires insurers to provide comparable coverage for mental health and medical treatments,” insurers are said to be “denying claims, limiting coverage, and finding other ways to avoid complying with the law.” Now, “Americans are taking to the courts to address what they see as an intrinsic unfairness.” Bloomberg breaks down its coverage of “America’s Mental Health Crisis” into five sections: The Lawmaker, Ghost Networks, The Advocate, Absent Enforcers, and The Determined Patient.
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— “As Suicides Rise, Insurers Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Coverage, ” Cynthia Koons and John Tozzi, Bloomberg, May 16, 2019