Overheard @: The lowdown on the mental health parity law

Published December 16, 2008, 3:00 p.m. EST

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Kelly Traw, a principal at Mercer, discusses how employers will have to redesign their health benefits to reflect the new Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.

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For more, see an article about the law in the December EBN.

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