House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is urging the Biden administration to abandon a rule aimed at improving mental health coverage in commercial insurance plans.
Foxx on Thursday sent a letter to the heads of the Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury departments, saying the rule’s language would instead limit access to mental health treatment by discouraging employers from offering coverage.
The departments didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The agencies were tentatively aiming to finalize the proposal in July of this year, according to the regulatory agenda. The proposed rule features language to ...
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