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Actually in the US, mental health benefits are now a mandatory part of health insurance coverage. Which is great...if you have health insurance coverage.
by jedanbik 12y ago
Actually in the US, mental health benefits are now a mandatory part of health insurance coverage. Which is great...if you have health insurance coverage.
- dragonwriter 12y agoIn the US, individual purchase of health insurance is now mandatory (and in some cases subsidized), except for individuals above the threshhold for government provided health-insurance through Medicaid [1]. [1] This isn't exactly true in the few states that haven't expanded Medicaid eligibility as provided for in the ACA, since in those states there is a gap.
- pessimizer 12y agoIt's important to note that people may not be aware of that because health care insurance has been in a bit of flux lately, to say the least, and there's been a lot of misinformation about the changes coming from a lot of directions.
- benjaminpv 12y agoThis is definitely true for me: the last time (last year) we'd had a meeting regarding our insurances I specifically asked about mental health coverage and was given the information I'd mentioned above. I'll accept the downvotes for my ignorance, but I feel like underlying message is still true: there's undoubtedly a lot of people without coverage still and those people need to seek help elsewhere.