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Effects of the Vermont Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Law
Vermont implemented the nation's most comprehensive parity law in 1998, extending equality of health insurance coverage to both mental health and substance services.
This evaluation sought to determine how implementation of parity in Vermont affected major stakeholders: employers, health plans, providers, and consumers. The evaluation included an implementation case study, an employer survey, and an analysis of health plan claims/encounter data. Much of the analysis focused on the experiences of two health plans -- Kaiser/Community Health Plan and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont.
The evaluation found that in the first two years after the parity law took effect, mental-health and addiction treatment spending in Vermont dropped by 8 to 18 percent.
 http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/vtparity.pdf
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Publication Year: 2003
Publisher Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 1 Choke Cherry Road Rockville, md 20857 Phone: 301-443-8956 Website: http://www.samhsa.govEmail: info@samhsa.gov
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Boston University School of Public Health 
