Georgia-Based Employers Study Mental Health Parity and Employer Leverage at The Carter Center

Adam Nemer wrote Simple Mental Health to inspire leaders to become mental health literate and to normalize the topic of mental health in their organizations, and launched the book Dec. 8 at the Mental Health in the Workplace event with Adam Nemer at The Carter Center.

The Mental Health Parity Act of 2022 requires public and private insurers to cover mental health and substance use disorder in the same way as with physical health care. 

But despite the act’s passage, many insurers are still not complying with parity laws and many consumers of health care coverage don’t know what parity is or how to file a complaint.

For many insurers, it’s cheaper to pay fines for violations than it is to provide the coverage that they’re mandated to provide, which tells us that there’s still a need for more accountability, Sarah Phillips, with The Carter Center, said.

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