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Bipartisan bill ensures Michigan mental health insurance coverage - Michigan - The Black Chronicle

(The Center Square) – Insurance coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatments is now law in Michigan after Republicans and Democrats came together on legislation. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 27 on Tuesday, requiring insurance companies to cover both issues to the same degree as medical coverage. 'Michiganders' mental health is no less […]

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