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Carter, Wellstone push mental health act
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Jul 11, 2007 10:27am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, July 11, 2007 04:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rosalynn Carter teamed up with the son of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone on Tuesday to push for mental health insurance legislation, with the former first lady saying the goal has never been closer to realization.
"We've been working on this for so long, it finally seems to be in reach," said Carter, who has championed mental health causes for more than 35 years.
David Wellstone hopes to carry out the legacy of his father, a Minnesota Democrat who died in a plane crash in 2002.
"Although he was passionate on many issues, there was not another issue that surpassed this in terms of his passion," David Wellstone said.
Carter and Wellstone hope to win passage for the "Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act," that would require equal health insurance coverage for mental and physical illnesses when policies include both. The two advocates, along with Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., discussed the bill over lunch with The Associated Press on Tuesday, before testifying at a House subcommittee hearing on the bill.
"It's a moral issue," Carter said.
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