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10:00Health Insurance Benefits for Mental Illness

Senators Pete Domenici, Edward Kennedy, and Mike Enzi have introduced legislation that requires health insurers who cover mental illnesses to offer benefits on par with those provided for physical ailments. We'll talk about the implications of parity for mental health benefits and prospects for this legislation.

Guests

Senator Pete Domenici, R, New Mexico

Paul Dennett, vice president for health policy, American Benefits Council

Andrew Sperling, director of federal legislative advocacy, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Keith Dixon, president, Cigna Behaviorial Health

Senator Edward Kennedy, D, Massachusetts.

11:00Virginia Vitzthum: "I Love You, Let's Meet" (Little Brown)

More than one hundred million Americans are single. And some estimates claim twenty-five million of them have tried online dating. A look at how online dating helps and hurts those looking for love.

Guests

Virginia Vitzthum, former sex columnist for Salon.com

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