Mental Health Parity: What do Shaggy and Big Insurance Have in Common?

They have a similar strategy as it relates to compliance!

This is the second in a many-part series on mental health parity, the MPHAEA enforcement, and the Department of Labor’s new open comment period! Check out Regulations.gov, and feel free to leave an open comment on the proposed rules!

Honey came in and she caught me red-handed
Creeping with the girl next door
Picture this, we were both butt-naked
Banging on the bathroom floor
How could I forget that I had
Given her an extra key
All this time she was standing there
She never took her eyes off me

—Shaggy, “Say it Wasn’t Me”

However, DOL guidance can be hard to follow, so I’m using Hip Hop, R+B, and more to explain what the law means and what you can do. I’m Owen Muir, M.D.—a psychiatrist, dual board certified in child and general psychiatry. Please subscribe to support my work and share to support it more.

Shaggy wrote a great song about cheating, a problem with REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, and ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS. Cheating is the “NQTL” of relationships.