Some states have been trying for years to get health insurers to cover mental health services in a way above and beyond what federal law requires.
Washington state regulators are about to take the fight over mental health services parity to the mail.
Mike Kreidler, the state's insurance commissioner, has told insurers in his state to identify any policyholders who have mental health claims denied because of blanket or categorical coverage exclusions since Jan. 1, 2006, for large-group plan enrollees, and since Jan. 1, 2008, for other enrollees, and tell those consumers that they have a right to have their claims re-evaluated.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
