Rep. Katie Porter

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Rep. Katie Porter @RepKatiePorter

It used to be that health plans and insurers could restrict coverage for mental health more than other medical care, so Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act in 2008 to right this wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 11, 2019

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Rep. Katie Porter @RepKatiePorter

Yesterday, I introduced H.R. 3165, the Mental Health Parity Compliance Act, a bipartisan bill to enforce requirements that health plans and insurers treat mental health services the same as any other type of medical care. (THREAD) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 11, 2019

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Rep. Katie Porter @RepKatiePorter

However, more than a decade later, we’re seeing that health plans and insurers are still violating the law with plans that do not provide equal coverage for mental and medical care. That’s not right, so I introduced a bill to improve enforcement of the existing law. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 11, 2019