Insurers Must Answer for Mental Health Care Gaps, Senator Says

Health insurance executives should be held accountable for falling short of insurers’ requirements to cover mental health care, the head of the Senate Finance Committee said Wednesday.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said too many Americans can’t access the mental health providers they want to see and are often unfairly denied coverage, despite federal laws in place for more than a decade that require insurers to cover mental health on par with physical health.

“More finally needs to be done” to hold the executives of these companies accountable for failing to follow parity laws, he said. Beefing up enforcement of parity ...