Urge Congress to Pass A Mental Health and Addiction Parity Act this Year

Both the US House and US Senate have passed bills that would require certain group health plans to offer mental health and addiction insurance benefits that are on par with the benefits provided for medical and surgical services.  Now, the two chambers of Congress must reconcile the significant differences in these two bills and send a single, compromise bill to the President for his signature.  Please urge your Member of Congress to make this happen:  1. Call, fax or email your Senators and ask them to sign on to a letter currently circulating on Capitol Hill that encourages passage of parity legislation this year.  2.  Ask your Senators to please compromise specifically in the areas of definition of diseases covered, out of network benefits, transparency and consistency of medical necessity criteria and protection of state laws.  3.  Call, fax or email your Representative and ask him/her to please consider compromises on the House bill in order to pass parity legislation this year.  [Contact your U.S. Representative]  [Contact your U.S. Senator]