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Recovery Messaging: Talking About Insurance Discrimination
Most Americans have no idea about the discrimination that people with addiction and their families face when they’re trying to get help. That’s why we need to let our friends, neighbors and opinion leaders know:
- What insurance discrimination is and means
- What insurance equity will mean
Here are some ways to talk about this critical issue with your friends and neighbors:
- Insurance discrimination denies people with addiction the same insurance protection as people with other health issues.
- As a result of this discrimination, many are unable to get the treatment and recovery support services necessary to achieve long-term recovery.
- We must ensure that appropriate recovery support services and treatments are available to those who need them.
- It is crucial, therefore, that we stop insurance discrimination, which denies people with addiction from getting the same protection as people with other health issues.
- I am living proof that people can recover from addiction and make a better life for themselves and their families, but I would not have been able to do it without help and support.
- Unfortunately, many people are not so lucky. Many are denied access to services because their insurance companies will not pay for it or are not required to cover it.
- Insurance discrimination for those who need help to recover from addiction needs to end and that is what we are fighting to do.