Mandating More Mental Health Care Coverage

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By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, March 20, 2001.
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People with health insurance can get treament for nearly any physical illness or problem, and be covered. But health care plans are often very limited in what they'll cover for mental health issues. A bill in the NH legislature (HB672) would require insurers to put mental health coverage on a par with physical coverage. Steve Zind talks with Mike Cohen, Executive Director of the NH Alliance
for the Mentally Ill-NAMI (http://nh.nami.org), and Yvonne Nanasi, lobbyist for Anthem Blue Cross/Blue
Shield of New Hampshire (www.anthem.com).

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