New rules set standard for mental health coverage parity

Name: New rules set standard for mental health coverage parity
Uploaded: 2013-11-09T01:02:35Z
Duration: P434S
Description: The Obama administration made the final step Friday to expand mental health care, five years after a law requiring the coverage passed. The new regulations mandate that insurers cover mental illness and addiction the same as they would a physical ailment. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dr. Carol Bernstein of New York University.

Clip: 11/08/2013 | 7m 14s

The Obama administration made the final step Friday to expand mental health care, five years after a law requiring the coverage passed. The new regulations mandate that insurers cover mental illness and addiction the same as they would a physical ailment. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dr. Carol Bernstein of New York University.

Aired: 11/08/13

Rating: NR

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New rules set standard for mental health coverage parity

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