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What Can Science do to Promote Parity Between Mental and Physical Health in the Insurance Industry?
Despite the fact that science is now easing back the curtain and revealing the neuroanatomical correlates of mental illness, some insurance companies still refuse to cover mental health in their basic policies.During our previous roundtable, I related my disappointment over the health insurance industry's reluctance to grant mental health parity with physical health in its coverage. Despite the fact that science is now easing back the curtain and revealing the neuroanatomical correlates of mental illness, some insurance companies refuse to cover mental health in their basic policies.
Should Basic Health Insurance Cover Mental Health?
Last night I decided to hide from the subfreezing temperatures outside by settling down with a warm cup of mint tea and my newly arrived health insurance policy. In a effort to make my task more tolerable, I decided that I would read it through a biopsychosocial lens.Most noticeable among the stacks of sections upon subsections upon sub-subsections was paragraph "J" under "Covered Benefits." Notable because this section was supported by the shortest narrative on the entire page, only four words -- No benefit is provided.
What is a D.O.?
A Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) just might be your family practitioner, cardiologist or even your obstetrician. Surprise! They are not all M.D.s.The increasingly growing hand of biopsychosocial medicine is pulling back the curtain on various types of medical fields. An example is osteopathic medicine. If you'd like to see a physician for your illness, there are only two fully-licensed choices in America who are are authorized to do everything from prescribe medicine and deliver babies to serving as your family practitioner.
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