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Senate seeks to expand mental health benefits
CNN.com ^ | 10/31/01 | AP

Posted on 10/31/2001 4:50:04 PM PST by Jean S

Edited on 04/29/2004 1:59:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP) --The Senate passed an amendment Tuesday that would require insurers that cover mental health conditions to treat them as they would any other medical problem.

Though the legislation does not require companies to offer mental health coverage as part of employee health benefits, companies that do must provide the same level of coverage for mental health as they do for physical health, from routine checkups to major surgery.


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1 posted on 10/31/2001 4:50:04 PM PST by Jean S
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To: JeanS
These people make me crazy.
2 posted on 10/31/2001 5:10:45 PM PST by Random Access
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To: JeanS
This sucks for one reason. Our society has allowed so many "new" mental iillnesses to be created that a law such as this takes away from people with real problems.


Whats the mental illness called when a person works fine in warm weather but when it gets cold they are depressed! BROTHER!

3 posted on 10/31/2001 5:16:37 PM PST by FUSSBALL
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To: JeanS
Wellstone lied.

When they cranked this into the federal employee's health benefit package, half the HMOs and other health care insurers and provideds packed up and hit the road - just flat out dropped FEHB.

The price of the remaining programs went up 10% to 15% in a single year - and at a time when plans marketed to private sector beneficiaries went up 5%.

Why I say Wellstone lied is because he knows this - his own staff people are covered under these systems - they know what happened.

4 posted on 10/31/2001 5:17:47 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: JeanS
Uh, Kennedy didn't lie. He just doesn't know; doesn't care; doesn't really know anybody affected by this.

I wouldn't want to impute intent where none is possible.

5 posted on 10/31/2001 5:19:26 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: FUSSBALL; Random Access
Disgusting, isn't it! I don't even know what to say. What idiots.
6 posted on 10/31/2001 5:26:59 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: JeanS
I never realised that Wellstone was such an absolute, drooling fool until seeing him on Hannity & Colmes tonight.

How in the world did this guy ever get elected to any office?

Somebody please tell me this shining star of the anti-American left will be unemployed very soon. (What he's doing right now, he is doing at our expense).

7 posted on 10/31/2001 5:41:31 PM PST by capt. norm
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To: FUSSBALL
This sucks for one reason. Our society has allowed so many "new" mental iillnesses to be created that a law such as this takes away from people with real problems.

Ever occur to you many mental illnesses are a direct result of physical ones? Nah of course not. You see that's the physical illnesses the HMO's don't cover testing for either. HMO's have set back both physical and mental health in this nation by 20 years and yet they get prefered treatment from congress and the courts? Talk about conspiracy? But every good freeper will defend them like Bush and the GOP says they should.

Now for the pharmacutical industry conspiracy buffs here's you a bone. Who get's kick backs from the Pharmacutical Industry for using or contracting their company? Simple answer the HMO's and states that run HMO Medicaid systems. Now that's a conspiracy.

8 posted on 10/31/2001 5:45:09 PM PST by cva66snipe
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