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Eating Disorders And Insurance
By: sara bradshaw
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, up to 10 million people in the United States suffer from some sort of eating disorder at any given time. However, many insurance companies will not cover treatment of the disease. If they do provide coverage, they only partially cover it. One of the main reasons for this problem is the fact there is no legislation in place at the federal level helping to classify eating disorders as a medical condition that requires treatment. Most insurance companies classify eating disorders as "behavioral choices," which gets them off the hook in most states. Certain states have legislation in place, but it is not standardized and patients often have to fight the insurance companies for coverage. Here are things that you can do to get insurance involved in you or your loved one's case.(read
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