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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Lowers Mental Health Care Costs by Improving Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Care | The White House

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President Biden and Vice President Harris announce historic final rule that will ensure mental health care coverage for 175 million Americans is on par with their physical health care.

The Biden-Harris Administration is taking a step toward changing that, by placing new requirements on health plans that will improve and strengthen access to mental health.

For many Americans , critical care and treatments are out of reach.

When MHPAEA was first enacted, it did not require non-federal governmental health plans to comply with its requirements.

Today ’s final rule closes that loophole, and now requires more than 200 additional health plans.

The new requirements will help more people get the mental health and substance use care they need.