Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) discusses mental health insurance parity at the House Ways and Means Sub-committee on 3-27-07.
Rep. Ramstad sais that expanding access to treatment is cost-effective, and that empirical data shows that equity for mental health and addiction treatment will save billions of dollars nationally while not raising premiums more than one percent. (0:28)
March 28, 2007
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