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New Model State Parity Legislation Named in Honor of Former U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Today, The Kennedy Forum released the Jim Ramstad Model State Parity Legislation, which will hold health insurers accountable for discriminating against those with mental health and substance use disorders by wrongly denying coverage of care.
Jim Ramstad served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991-2009, representing Minnesota s 3rd congressional district. He joined former Democratic Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy as the lead Republican cosponsor of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), which requires insurers to cover treatment for mental health and substance use disorders no more restrictively than treatment for illnesses of the body, such as diabetes and cancer. ....

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