Joe Pitts: “According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, nearly 20 percent of the physicians who practice primary care say…”

Parity means that insurers need to treat copayments, treatment limits, prior authorization for mental health, substance use disorder the same way they treat for physical health care.

So, moving forward, the committee welcomes feedback on how we can improve care for children with medical complexity without disrupting the successful approaches already in place.

It is unfortunate that we have a Congress of the United States, the majority parties that want to just tear down this law.

I applaud the cosponsors for working through the committee to address serious stakeholder concerns by taking a new approach in the draft we are discussing today.