Insurers denying mental health, despite ACA rules. CBS s 60 - TopicsExpress



          

Insurers denying mental health, despite ACA rules. CBS s 60 Minutes takes on the story. You might want to look over your policies if you seek this type of treatment and here is why: As a result, In CA, Commissioner Jones filed amicus briefs on behalf of the patients in two recent cases where coverage for mental health treatment was at issue. In one of them Harlick vs. Blue Shield, the appeals was on behalf of a policyholder who sued to get coverage for treatment for anorexia after her insurer denied her claims. The second one was Rea vs. Blue Shield where plaintiff, Rea was also seeking coverage for medically necessary treatment for anorexia. In addition, the CA department if Insurance has required health insurers to make changes to their policies to comply with mental health parity law. Commissioner Jones’ has also issued changes to make sure policyholders obtain coverage for medically necessary treatment for autism.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:54:50 +0000

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