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All Mental Health Parity Advocates

The following article appeared on the front page of the Sunday edition of the Columbus Dispatch. As the main article of a series of articles written by Dispatch reporter Encarnita Pyle, this was the culmination of months of work on her part to document the injustice that exists in Ohio insurance laws. Encarnita’s byline has appeared over the past several years on dozens of articles exposing many of the problems experienced by Ohio’s families in trying to get much-needed treatment for their loved ones. She has also done a good job of demonstrating that treatment works when available by spotlighting the success stories that exist in Ohio and around the state.

Please read the article and pass it along to others in your advocacy network. Ask them, as I am asking you now, to send a short thank you note to Encarnita Pyle at epyle@... to thank her for her hard work and to encourage her to continue to shine a light on the inequity that is allowed to exist regarding the need for insurance parity in Ohio. By showing our support, her editors will allow her to continue with this campaign, assisting the advocacy efforts to get HB 180 and SB 116, Mental Health Parity passed in the Ohio General Assembly.

Thank you.

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In Ohio, insurance pays much more for physical ailments than mental ones

Published: Sunday, July 9, 2006By Encarnacion Pyle