Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Place your bets

Health Plan Must Pay Anorexic Woman's Care: US Court
A health insurance plan must pay for an anorexic woman's residential treatment under a court ruling that remains intact after the U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to consider the insurance plan's appeal.
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The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in a June 2012 ruling that a state law, the California Mental Health Parity Act, required Blue Shield to pay. The law states that coverage must be provided for treatment of severe mental illnesses.
I am trying to decide if this is positive or negative.
If they will now be motivated to actually find an effective treatment.
Or just raise their rates so they can continue putting those women in institutions, feeding them carbs,  giving them vitamin D deficiency, and asking them if they were abused.