Inbox Robot: Mental Health Insurance Parity News http://www.inboxrobot.com/news/mental-health-insurance-equity Constantly updated news and information about a variety of topics. Health groups wary of Ramstad for 'drug czar' http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201678447 3 Dec 2008 22:53 GMT ... legislation earlier this year to bolster health coverage for people with mental health and substance abuse conditions, making him an ... worked with to enact the mental health parity legislation. No candidates for the drug czar's ... Change in federal law could mean big hit on insurance rates for small companies http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201622819 3 Dec 2008 17:48 GMT ... it goes into effect January 2010, the Mental Health Parity Act will exempt businesses with fewer than ... Scott Lammie, chief financial officer for UPMC Health Plan, said it already offers mental health coverage ... Mental Health Parity Law Likely To Force Small Businesses To Make Choices About Coverage http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201557333 3 Dec 2008 11:30 GMT ... When the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act takes effect in January 2010, some small-business owners could face "a Hobson's Choice ... Many employers offering financial education programs for their employees http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201506438 3 Dec 2008 05:33 GMT ... five corporations, 40 percent, offer a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). The most popular offering is a ... benefits offered by respondents in general include mental health benefits (71 percent), vision care (64 percent), ... supplemental executive retirement plans/nonqualified deferred compensation plans, equity compensation and executive physical examinations. Be the ... State Capitol Briefs http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201473154 3 Dec 2008 00:31 GMT ... for a special commission to investigate toll equity was sent by the House to the ... percent saw declining sales, according to AIM. MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS, PROVIDERS PROTEST PATRICK'S CUTS Next month, ... and their assistance in securing medical malpractice insurance. The House also advanced bills with local ... Health Care Marketplace - Mental Health Parity Law Likely To Force Small Businesses To Make Choices About Coverag http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201414084 2 Dec 2008 18:30 GMT ... Health Care Marketplace | Mental Health Parity Law Likely To Force Small Businesses To ... When the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act takes effect in January 2010, some ... HealthSouth spent $520,000 lobbying on health care issues in third quarter http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201402126 2 Dec 2008 17:19 GMT ... the House clerk's office. HealthSouth also lobbied in the July-September period on the so-called mental health parity bill, which requires insurance companies to treat mental health on an equal basis with physical illnesses, when policies ... HealthSouth spent $520K lobbying gov't in 3Q http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201400819 2 Dec 2008 17:17 GMT ... the House clerk's office. HealthSouth also lobbied in the July-September period on the so-called mental health parity bill, which requires insurance companies to treat mental health on an equal basis with physical illnesses, when policies ... Top 10 Cognitive Fitness Events of 2008 to be Unveiled at SharpBrains' Webinar http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201367424 2 Dec 2008 14:26 GMT ... secures $5 million from Milk Capital. 9) September: The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 is signed into law. 10) October: Allstate launches a large-scale research ... Change in federal law could mean small companies will take a big hit on insurance rates http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201297554 2 Dec 2008 06:15 GMT ... part of the law passed last month that could affect smaller businesses -- the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. For more than a decade, mental health and addiction treatment advocates have lobbied ... Lobbying For Autism Coverage http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=201164444 1 Dec 2008 15:22 GMT ... pay $3,000 a year and their health insurance covers the rest. Two families. Two states. ... law requiring insurers to make coverage for mental health conditions equitable with other health coverage was ... autism treatments in states with mental health parity laws on the books. "We hope it ... Dave Zweifel's Plain Talk: People with mental illness finally get fair treatment http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=200983651 30 Nov 2008 05:30 GMT ... $7,000 annual coverage for people who need mental health or substance abuse treatment. That $7,000 minimum, ... in Washington, where the mental illness insurance parity bill long championed by the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, Democrat of Minnesota, and Sen. Pete Domenici, ...