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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was signed into law the year 2008 with an aim of expanding access to mental health services. It lays emphasis on the need for insurers to provide similar treatment for substance use disorders and mental health disorders as provided for physical health since they are both medical issues. The act has contributed too much progress in reducing and addressing more obvious disparities in the management of mental disorders through; separation of deductibles from copays, eliminating precertification requirements which were overly strict and removing strict limits on the number of outpatient and inpatient mental health visits.Health Policy Focus Eassy.