Bill C-280
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Mental Health Parity Act
This bill would create a new law requiring that mental health and addiction treatment be covered equally to physical health care under federal health funding agreements with provinces.
Sponsor · Gord Johns
What it means for you
Canadians struggling with mental illness or addiction would have stronger legal guarantees that their treatment is funded at the same level as physical health care like surgery or cancer treatment.
The debate · 3 points
Supporters say
- Canada is in a mental health and substance use crisis, made worse by COVID-19, and many people cannot get timely care.
- Limited community services send more people to emergency rooms and family doctors, and untreated mental illness carries large social and economic costs.
- Mental health should be treated on equal footing with physical health in the universal public health care system, with publicly funded, culturally appropriate services available beyond hospitals and doctors' offices.
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