Mental Health Parity Bill (Senate Bill 543) - Vote NO!!!

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Friends,

I am providing the following information to any of you who may have

time to write to your Senators and Legislators about the Mental Health

Parity Bill that is up before Congress.

Basically what the bill is trying to push through - is a requirement

forcing health insurers to pay for mental health services on a level equal

to what they pay out for other illnesses.. For example, many health insurers,

especially those supporting HMOs and PPOs, limit to a great extent

our access to mental health services. I myself belong to an

HMO. Let me give you an example of what this bill would in effect

change...

Let's say I go to my doctor for a physical. With my HMO plan,

if my annual deductible has been met, all I am required to pay is my $15.00

co-payment. My health insurance plan picks up the balance of

the "allowable" expense. But, if I need to seek counseling for depression,

and I go to a participating mental health specialist, reason would stand

that you would only have to pay a $15.00 co-payment for this service.

But it does not work this way. Provided my deductible was met, I

would have to pay 50% of the office visit, rather than a simple co-payment.

The mental health parity bill would change this. If this bill were

to pass, then I would only need to pay a $15.00 co-payment to the mental

health care specialist. This squares things up...

OR SO IT SEEMS...... This is what the advocates of this

bill want you to think.... Actually, I believe there are hidden motives

behind this bill... very dangerous hidden motives. If you place

mental health issues on a level equal to physical illnesses such as cancer,

heart disease etc, with the reasoning that mental health problems have

a "biological" basis which is no different than cancer arising from a biological

disturbance... can you see the implications? They would have the

whole world believing that you can treat mental health "diseases" with

a pill... They've already done a pretty good job without the addition

of this bill...

So, for those of you who agree with me, please take some time and email

the following representatives, and let them no that you are against this

bill.

The Avenging Angel

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URGENT -- MORE EMAILS ARE NEEDED NOW

Mental Health Parity is still alive.

Email the members of Congress below and tell them to vote NO on mental

health parity, referencing the bill number,

(Senate Bill 543) in your email. We need to heap on the emails

to the

Senate right now until the Senate adjourns,

which could be as soon as the next few days, depending on their work

load. If you have already emailed, please

do it again. A call or email every day would help to defeat

this bill.

The following list of Senators should be emailed

and be sure to email your own senators if they are not on this list.

Call or email your own senators every

day until the Senate adjourns. In your email or phone call, state

something like this: "I am opposed to mental

health parity because it is too much money, waste of money;

too much fraud in the psychiatric industry;

there's no science behind the mental diagnoses in the DSM

(Diagnostic Statistical Manual)."

Some email programs will allow you to copy

the whole list below and paste it into a Bcc: line on your outgoing

email. This way you send the same email to

all on this list at the same time. Be sure you email your own two

senators if they are not on this list:

Thanks for your help!!!!

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