Parity, Pared Down: Accessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Care
Individuals often face myriad barriers to accessing mental health and addiction services and these obstacles can have a particularly devastating effect on people living with HIV (PLWH). However, in 2008, the Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act (also known as the federal parity law) was passed and required, for the first time, that health insurers