According to Republicans, it’s of the utmost importance that we challenge any efforts to reform healthcare in America. If you still don’t understand why, here’s the latest example of how the great, nay, greatest healthcare system in the world functions: Insurance companies are fighting to exclude residential treatment for eating disorders from coverage. After all, people who have mental disorders aren’t really sick, they’re just looking to get a payout because their brain tells them to do things that lead to serious health problems.
The New York Times reports that recently more insurance companies have been reaffirming that residential treatment for people with eating disorders and other mental conditions won’t be covered. Some have even gone to court over the issue. In August, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that under California’s mental health parity law, which requires that coverage for mental and behavioral disorders be equivalent to what’s offered for physical conditions, insurance companies must pay for eating disorder treatments. There are similar laws in many states and on the federal level, but now insurers are sqabbling over the meaning of “equivalent.”
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