Please let us know if you have any comments or questions about the Coalition or its plans to promote health insurance parity. Make Wisconsin the next state to end discrimination of Mental Health, alcohol and substance abuse insurance coverage. Persons with mental illnesses are subsidizing persons with other illnesses. This is a civil rights issue. Persons with mental illnesses should have the same mental health insurance coverage as those with other illnesses.
All employees pay the same premium for their insurance coverage.
Not to cover mental illnesses equally with other illnesses is discriminatory. In the managed care environment, the cost of parity was low. I hope this helps in understanding what is needed in all states in order for our loved ones with mental health issues to be treated with fairness and dignity in seeking the treatment that will help them lead a life worth living. We have to be heard, we have to show that we are a powerful group and in order to accomplish this goal for mental illness we have to Talk openly. Now, we have to work one state at a time, each state has to wake up, the federal government will not be doing it for them.