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Podcast: 2019-05-21 Insurance Companies Continue to Deny Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Despite Law Guaranteeing Coverage

05.21.2019 - By WNYC and PRXPlay

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Insurance Companies Continue to Deny Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Despite Law Guaranteeing Coverage

When the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was passed in 2008, it supposed to guarantee insurance coverage of mental health and substance abuse disorders, it didn't. 

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