mental health treatment

Trump’s New Substance Abuse Website Pretends Obamacare Doesn’t Exist

The Trump administration isn’t just trying to erase the Affordable Care Act in Congress and the courts. They want to erase it from history. On Wednesday, the White House announced the launch of FindTreatment.gov, a new website from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that’s designed to help…

Insurers Urged to Ensure Parity on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment

Health insurance companies should do more to ensure parity for substance abuse and mental health treatment, members of a congressional subcommittee said at a recent hearing. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which requires larger employer-based insurance plans to cover psychiatric illnesses and substance use disorders in the…