Abstract

Despite the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, access to psychotherapy through health insurance is quite limited. The 2019 landmark verdict in Wit v. United Behavioral Health offered hope of change. This column describes the recent overturning of the verdict in Wit v. United Behavioral Health, efforts by the Plaintiffs' attorneys to pursue a review by the entire 29-member United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit of the puzzling decision apparently based on a misunderstanding of the arguments of the case, and steps forward to implement the mental health parity law.

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