Statement on Implications for Behavior Wellness of the U.S. Better Judge Judgment on the Affordable Health care Act (ACA) By Mark Covall, President and CEO, Nationwide Organization of Psychological Wellness Systems
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient Protection and Affordable Health care Act (ACA) has been part of a growing national momentum to expand protection for, access to, and quality of strategy to psychological health insurance coverage obsessive circumstances. Today's ruling by the U.S. Better Judge upholds the constitutionality of the ACA, thereby continuing progress that will bring more People in america much-needed protection for psychological health insurance coverage obsessive circumstances.
The Better Judge decision continues the positive national movement towards ensuring that psychological health insurance coverage habit are on par with other health circumstances. Policymakers, businesses, and insurers all agree that we need to deal with mind and body as one. The passage in 2008 of the psychological health insurance coverage habit equality law (the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Wellness Parity and Addiction Value Act) set a strong framework for the goal of fairness and equity in health insurance coverage policy protection of personality and health circumstances.
By upholding the ACA and its provisions that require individuals to have health insurance coverage policy and that create health insurance coverage policy deals, the Better Judge decision means that millions of People in america who now do not have insurance coverage (or who have inadequate insurance) will be able to purchase insurance coverage. The ACA requires - for the first time in government law - that the essential benefit package include "mental health insurance coverage material abuse" as one of 10 required protection categories. It also extends the government psychological health equality law to small companies and individuals inside and outside of the deals.
The Nationwide Organization of Psychological Wellness Techniques (NAPHS) and its member companies are dedicated to working with Congress, the administration, and all the key stakeholders to continue to strengthen our medical care system and to ensure that all People in america have equitable psychological health insurance coverage habit protection.
Founded in 1933, the Nationwide Organization of Psychological Wellness Techniques (NAPHS) advocates for personality health insurance coverage represents company systems that are dedicated to the delivery of responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, therapy, and maintain children, adolescents, grownups, and seniors with psychological and material use circumstances. Its members are personality doctor companies that own or manage more than 700 specialty psychiatric hospitals, general hospital psychiatric and habit therapy units and personality medical care divisions, residential therapy facilities, youth services companies, and extensive outpatient networks.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient Protection and Affordable Health care Act (ACA) has been part of a growing national momentum to expand protection for, access to, and quality of strategy to psychological health insurance coverage obsessive circumstances. Today's ruling by the U.S. Better Judge upholds the constitutionality of the ACA, thereby continuing progress that will bring more People in america much-needed protection for psychological health insurance coverage obsessive circumstances.
The Better Judge decision continues the positive national movement towards ensuring that psychological health insurance coverage habit are on par with other health circumstances. Policymakers, businesses, and insurers all agree that we need to deal with mind and body as one. The passage in 2008 of the psychological health insurance coverage habit equality law (the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Wellness Parity and Addiction Value Act) set a strong framework for the goal of fairness and equity in health insurance coverage policy protection of personality and health circumstances.
By upholding the ACA and its provisions that require individuals to have health insurance coverage policy and that create health insurance coverage policy deals, the Better Judge decision means that millions of People in america who now do not have insurance coverage (or who have inadequate insurance) will be able to purchase insurance coverage. The ACA requires - for the first time in government law - that the essential benefit package include "mental health insurance coverage material abuse" as one of 10 required protection categories. It also extends the government psychological health equality law to small companies and individuals inside and outside of the deals.
The Nationwide Organization of Psychological Wellness Techniques (NAPHS) and its member companies are dedicated to working with Congress, the administration, and all the key stakeholders to continue to strengthen our medical care system and to ensure that all People in america have equitable psychological health insurance coverage habit protection.
Founded in 1933, the Nationwide Organization of Psychological Wellness Techniques (NAPHS) advocates for personality health insurance coverage represents company systems that are dedicated to the delivery of responsive, accountable, and clinically effective prevention, therapy, and maintain children, adolescents, grownups, and seniors with psychological and material use circumstances. Its members are personality doctor companies that own or manage more than 700 specialty psychiatric hospitals, general hospital psychiatric and habit therapy units and personality medical care divisions, residential therapy facilities, youth services companies, and extensive outpatient networks.