Title: Home and Family
Category: Doctor's Views
Created: 5/16/2006
Last Editorial Review: 3/21/2008
In a historic vote, the U.S. House of Representatives will, for the first time, take up comprehensive legislation today to outlaw health insurance practices that discriminate against Americans with mental health and substance-use conditions under employer-sponsored health care plans. If enacted, the bill would provide comprehensive parity for 87 million Americans covered by self-insured plans and another 31 million covered by insured plans that are subject to state regulation.
Should happiness and fulfillment be subjects on the school curriculum? Is this a holistic way forward, or a case of "experts colonising our internal life"?