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“Getting mental health services can be hard, despite law requiring parity”

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Webtypo

This January 5, 2015 Washington Post article talks about the struggles people have with getting mental health care despite the fact there are parity laws that say mental health and physical health should be equal in terms of services provided and insurance coverage of those services

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LibLink: Norman Lamb: Decades of not understanding Mental Health has left too many Unhelped – but we are getting there (libdemvoice.org)
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