Beyond Parity in Mental Health Coverage
The parity framework has proven less adept at rooting out more subtle forms of disparities in mental health coverage restrictions.

The parity framework has proven less adept at rooting out more subtle forms of disparities in mental health coverage restrictions.
By John Tingle The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. They have recently published a report of inspections on specialist mental health services. The report is very thorough and detailed and reveals both good and bad practices. When reading the report however the poor practices…
By Kate Greenwood Cross-Posted at Health Reform Watch In a recent, very moving, post about her son’s diagnosis with autism at age eight, blogger Amy Storch writes: “I guess I should mention the obvious — district services for Autism are much more comprehensive than ADHD.” An autism diagnosis should not, as a matter of law,…