For half a century, advocates and reformers have sought to ensurethat mental illnesses are addressed in the same way as all otherillnesses. Considerable progress has been made, and today treatmentof mental disorders is increasingly part of the medical mainstream.But some glaring exceptions remain. One of the most visibleand troubling manifestations of continuing unequal treatmentof mental health conditions can be found in the structure ofhealth insurance contracts. For a mental illness, most privatehealth insurance contracts impose special limits on the amountof treatment they will pay for. The federal Medicare programand many . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Dr. Glied is a professor in and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York. Dr. Frank is a professor of health economics at Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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