ADVISORY/Senate Passes Amendment on Mental Health Insurance.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 2001 TOPIC: This week the U.S. Senate passed an amendment requiring health insurers that cover mental health conditions to charge the same co-payments and deductibles as they would any other medical problem. The Associated Press reports that the legislation does not require companies to offer mental health coverage as part of employee health benefits. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the bill would cost private insurers $23 billion over five years -- or a 1 percent increase in insurance premiums, according to the story. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Mr. Thomas Snead, Jr. is Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. . PR: Stacey Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. 804/354-4864; sbates@trigon.com Prof. Arleen Leibowitz is Chair and Professor of Policy Studies of the School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Leibowitz's research has focused on health and health-care reform, in addition to issues of employee benefits, the cost and financing of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. care, and the cost and financing of mental health care for children. PR: Bill Parent 310/206-8966; parent@sppsr.ucla.edu Dr. Miles Shore is professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. and Visiting Scholar A visiting scholar, in the world of academia, is a scholar from an institution who visits a receiving university that hosts him where he or she is projected to teach (visiting professor), lecture (visiting lecturer), or perform research (visiting researcher at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He teaches and lectures on leadership, health policy, mental health policy and medical history. 617/496-1392 Ms. Jerilyn Ross is President & CEO of Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders A group of distinct psychiatric disorders characterized by marked emotional distress and social impairment, including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder. Association of America. PR: Lori Ross 202/973-1370; lross@porternovelli.com Prof. Bradley Herring is a health economist at Yale University whose expertise includes private health insurance. 203/432-3521 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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