Kennedy-Ramstad’s Mental Health Parity Bill Gets Support From Speaker Pelosi and House Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today,Congressmen Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) and Jim Ramstad (R-MN) were joined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Leaders and over a dozen House colleagues in the shadow of the Capitol to rally support for the “The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act”(H.R.1424). The bill would improve the overall health of all Americans by granting greater access to mental health and addiction treatment and prohibiting health insurers from placing discriminatory restrictions on treatment. The legislation, which was introduced by Kennedy and Ramstad on March 7, 2007, is cosponsored by a bipartisan majority of 265 Members of Congress. Click here to read the entire press release.