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VA-05: Virgil Goode Equates Mental Health Treatment Parity With Incest

Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 08:45:12 PM PDT

The House of Representatives has acted unwisely, in my opinion, by voting to pass legislation that mandates that group health plans provide the same benefits for mental and physical illness in all companies with at least 51 employees that provide group health insurance.  This covers substance abuse and mandates coverage for disorders such as incest, jet lag, gender identity disorder, necrophilia (erotic desire for dead bodies), transvestite fetishes (someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex), and pedophilia (sexual desire in an adult for a child).  This bill passed 268-to-148.  I voted "No."


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