Court Finds CA Health Insurance Providers Must Cover Anorexia Treatment

The 9th U.S. District Circuit Court of Appeals in August determined that Blue Shield of California is required to cover a policyholder’s inpatient treatment of her severe diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. The court made the decision based on the fact that California insurance providers are obligated under the state’s mental health parity law to cover the treatment of mental illnesses the same as it would for physical illnesses.

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Should Addiction Treatment Be Covered The Same Way as Heart Disease Treatment?

It’s time to stop talking out of both sides of our mouth. Drug addiction is now recognized as a chronic medical disease just as heart disease and diabetes and cancer are chronic medical diseases. In that sense, addiction is a traditional disease. It should be covered the same way.

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