Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
These published remarks carefully document the history of health insurance coverage of gambling disorder. They begin by providing examples of gambling disorder insurance benefit disparities in the contexts of public health care programs and private health plans. They proceed by reviewing the effect of three pieces of legislation, including the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996, the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010, on public and private insurance coverage of gambling disorder. They highlight the partial victory that will occur in some states beginning in 2017 in terms of private health insurance coverage of the condition. An afterword references the impact President-Elect Donald Trump’s repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act could have on insurance coverage of gambling disorder.
Publication Citation
10 St. Louis U. J. Health L. & Pol’y 159 (2016).
Recommended Citation
Tovino, Stacey A., "Dying Fast: Suicide in Individuals with Gambling Disorder" (2016). Scholarly Works. 1003.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/1003