New Mental Health Mandate Makes Obamacare More Expensive, Increase Fraud, Abuse

[Chris_]

New Mental Health Mandate Will Make Obamacare More Expensive, Increase Fraud And Canceled Policies

On Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced new regulations mandating health insurers cover mental and behavioral health to the same extent they cover physical health care.

A “mental health parity” mandate was passed by Congress in 2008, but Obama officials claim health insurers aren’t fully complying.  (You’ll just have to overlook the irony of the Obama administration, which has postponed several provisions of Obamacare without any legal authority to do so, complaining that others aren’t complying with some law.)

The more likely explanation is the administration is desperately trying to redirect peoples’ attention from the Obamacare rollout that has become a non-stop string of stories about failed websites, higher premiums and canceled policies.

Forbes

More of the same bad news.

[Bad Dog]

This might be the first instance of advance thinking on their part.  I think a lot of DUmmies are going to need care after they see their premiums, deductables etc.

[thundley4]

This should cheer up the DUmmies.  OTOH, most of them that are getting treatment are doing so on the taxpayer's dime already.