Mental Health Parity
It's the Moment We've All Been Waiting For
DBSA Supporter, here is the latest Advocacy Alert:
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After seven years and a lot of blood, sweat and tears, victory is finally within reach. We are so close to the enactment of Mental Health Parity, legislation that would end the discrimination in health coverage between mental illness and “physical” illnesses like diabetes or heart disease.
In March, following the Senate’s passage of S. 558, and House passage of H.R. 1424, informal negotiations began to create one, final bill. Now that both bills have been passed in both houses, it would be so easy to take a break or move on to the next issue. But, we can’t! Unfair barriers still exist that continue to block millions of Americans from getting the treatment, they so desperately need.
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Due to the need for Congress to lift those barriers, and a limited number of legislative days to do so, it is crucial that a compromise bill is reached. A bill that both House of Representatives and the Senate can agree on.
Your legislators need to hear from YOU, the voters back home. Please, send letters to all of your legislators NOW. Ask them to work together to reconcile any differences between the two versions of the bill. Ask them to call on their colleagues in the House and Senate to negotiate a strong Mental Health Parity law. Simply put, we can’t wait forever. Mental Health Parity needs to be passed this year.
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One Person Can Make a Difference.Remember May is Mental Health Month.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
730 N. Franklin St., Ste 501Chicago, IL 60610
(800) 826-3632
http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/R?i=yoZEGXiXFQTvtrcE_sujhA..
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