Courtney O'Neil

It is frankly ridiculous that our state currently allows commercial insurance carriers to cost-shift the burden of children’s mental health and wraparound services onto New Hampshire taxpayers. These private carriers have a fundamental responsibility to cover these essential services for the families who pay for their plans, rather than dumping the financial responsibility onto the state when a child's condition inevitably worsens. This is common sense, and a nonpartisan issue. SB 498 places the financial responsibility back where it belongs (on the carriers). I hope all Reps, mine included (Rep Walsh from Hampstead) support this bill. SB 498 protects our kids, protects our taxpayers dollars, and stops a bail out of big insurance.