Caution voiced on 'mental health parity' bill

Family Research Council, a prominent pro-family group based in Washington, DC, warns that legislation approved by the House requires employers to offer mental health coverage for people who need therapy because of their deviant sexual lifestyle.The House easily passed a bill Thursday to require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for mental illness and drug and alcohol addiction. But the so-called "mental health parity" bill is drawing criticism from the Family Research Council (FRC), which argues the legislation would [[["force businesses to provide healthcare for mental 'conditions' like necrophilia, pedophilia, cross-dressing, and gender identity confusion."]]]Tom McClusky, FRC's vice president for government affairs, says the legislation would include coverage for every bizarre "condition" found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). "Everything from jet lag to gender identity disorder, transvestic fetishism,and a number of other categories I wouldn't even want to go into right here,"says McClusky."And there's no conscience protections for employers who would be then forced to possibly pay not only for whatever psychiatric care that these people needed, but also in certain cases this legislation could be used to help pay-make an employer and the insurance companies pay-for sex change operations."According to McClusky, says there is another troubling aspect to the bill."Both the Senate and the White House are in agreement that the House legislation just cannot pass and should not pass,"he continues."In both pieces of legislation though there also needs to be some protections that-because thanks to Doe v. Bolton, the companion case to Roe v. Wade-this bill could force...insurance companies...to pay for abortion when the abortions are incase of the mental health of mother-something that Doe v. Bolton and Roe v. Wade both allow for."The White House opposes the House mental health bill, but favors a less-expansive version passed unanimously by the Senate last September.
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