UnitedHealthcare systematically violates federal law by discriminating against patients with mental illness by denying treatment that is supported by prevailing medical standards and is deemed medically necessary, according to a proposed federal class action brought against the health insurer.
By refusing to cover residential treatment for patients and California residents Natasha Wit and Brian Muir, UnitedHealthcare violated a 2008 federal law that requires “parity” between coverage of treatment for medical and mental health conditions, including substance abuse, according to the complaint in Wit v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co., filed on May 21 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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