The House of Representatives recently passed a Medicare bill
that reduces the copay for Medicare patients from 50% to 20%, the rate it is
for all other medical specialties.
That may not seem like a big deal—and if it doesn't, you probably
don't have Medicare.
An even more i...
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Medical parity
Helencal
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 11:13 PM -
Mental Health Parity
mn6902
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 12:13 PMWhen will this bill go into effect?
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Untitled Comment
alicemark
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 07:34 AMI believe the key to fixing Medicare requires restructuring the very nature of the Medicare system. Admittedly, attempting to confine expenses to a budget while increasing the expenses beyond the budget does not work. However, because of the free market nature of medicine as a business in our country, cutting payment per service will by its very nature cause a reduction in the number of providers, and no economy can bear an unchecked upward spiral in the costs of any service.
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Alice mark
Maryland Alcohol Addiction Treatment
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Unfortunately with my HMO, they will not cover you if you have a mental illness that probably will not get better, such as schizophrenia. It seems that Kaiser HMO can still pick and choose what they want to pay for.
Also will this parity bill go beyond 190 days total of inpatient hospitalization?