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NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
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Should Congress Further Mandate Mental Health Parity?
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release September 16, 2002
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NCPA to Provide Pros and Cons, and Rival Methods for Controlling Costs at Capitol Hill Briefing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 16, 2002)
-- The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), the nation's leading think tank for free-market approaches to health policy, will host a briefing to debate the pros and cons of the proposed mental health parity mandate, as well as possible methods for controlling costs.
Among the questions to be discussed:
- Is a new mental health parity mandate worth the associated price?
- Will a new mandate force employers to reduce their coverage, or even drop it entirely?
- Should all services be treated alike, or is there a need for distinctions?
- Should Congress be in the business of mandating what employers do and do not cover?
- Is stigma still a problem in mental health care?
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Rep. Jim DeMint (R-SC) -- Introduction
Henry Harbin, M.D., Chairman, Magellan Health Systems &
American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA)
Paul Dennett, Vice President, Health Policy, American Benefits Council
Sally Satel, M.D., W.H. Brady, Jr., Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
John C. Goodman, President, NCPA
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Capitol Hill Briefing on Mental Health Parity |
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Tuesday, September 17, 2002, 10:00 - 11:30 A.M. ET |
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Rayburn Office Building, Washington, D.C.
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12770 Coit Rd., Suite 800 - Dallas, TX 75251-1339 - 972/386-6272 - Fax 972/386-0924
601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 900 South Building - Washington, DC 20004 - 202/220-3082 - Fax 202/220-3096
Copyright © 2002 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved.
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