Thursday, December 31, 2009
The House and Senate have each passed health care reform legislation. What is the status of CHADD's 13 principles? On August 13, CHADD issued 13 principles to consider in health care reform. On October 15, CHADD and five national sister organizations (AACAP, ASA, CABF, MHA, and NAMI) issued five...
Clark, this is a great summary of what CHADD is hoping to see Congress pass. Two questions, however. First, what is CHADD's view if the Senate bill is essentially the "most" Congress can pass? Is that sufficient to meet your desired thirteen principles. Second, as you point out the health care bill leaves a lot up to the states to decide on what minimum coverage standards are, especially around issues of behavioral and mental health conditions, and whether coverage includes OT, speech, etc. What is CHADD's plan to work through these issues on a state by state level? Are there any models that CHADD would like to take "national"?