The Enzi bill, which would have stripped the rights of states to require coverage for specific conditions (everything from infertility to diabetes) was defeated in the U.S. Senate.
Via Blue Mass. Group.
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By adamg - 5/8/06 - 8:53 am
Eliot Gelwan, a psychiatrist, reads about problems people in Britain have getting affordable dental care and says he feels their pain:
... None of my MassHealth (the version of Medicaid here) patients have any dental benefits, and it is getting more and more difficult to find even emergency services for them. From time to time, the underlying reason why someone presents to me with a mental health problem such as despondency or suicidality (which MassHealth still pays for) is agonizing dental disease. ...
By adamg - 5/3/06 - 10:56 pm
Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyoming, came up with the bill that would let insurance companies offer health insurance that doesn't provide the coverage mandated by Massachusetts (indeed, would let companies sue if the state tried to tell them otherwise). Christopher Davis discovers that Enzi once opposed federal overrides of state insurance laws - before the insurance industry started giving him money.
By adamg - 5/2/06 - 10:02 pm
S.1955, a bill now in the U.S. Senate, could gut Massachusetts laws that require coverage of everything from alcoholism and infertility treatment to mammograms and maternity care.
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