Yes, there is one! I know, I can't believe it either, hardly.
The bailout was tacked on to an existing bill to get it passed quickly, and that bill happened to be one that Patrick Kennedy wrote in the 1990s. It's a mental health parity bill. That means that if your employer provides health insurance, they have to cover mental illness the way they would any other illness, beginning in 2010. Same copayments, same prescription drug coverage, same limits on numbers of visits per year and inpatient treatment.
This is getting virtually no press coverage, so I'm having trouble convincing myself it's true. As a crazy person, though, I'm thrilled.
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