September 25, 2008
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A slew of recent reports, including one released today, show that more people are having problems paying their medical bills, that costs of insurance and hospital beds continue to rise and that fewer people are filling prescriptions and going to the doctor.
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As it stands, a person with a physical illness is apt to have a much lower deductible than a person with a mental illness. Co-pays for seeing a mental health specialist are apt to be higher than for seeing other specialists. And mental health patients often find that only a set number of visits to a psychologist or a psychiatrist will be covered.
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Evidence is mounting that the current economic climate has led to reductions in health spending .
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