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A federal judge in Missouri refused to throw out a mental health parity lawsuit against Anthem on June 15, 2026, sending the case to discovery instead of ending it at the courthouse door. It's not a one-off. It's the latest entry in a pattern of courts letting parity claims proceed that stretches back to a 2024 Ninth Circuit ruling.
Insurers pay mental health clinicians 16%-59% less than physical-health clinicians, per an April 2026 Kennedy Forum report — how to file a parity complaint.
EBSA's staff dropped 20% as the Trump administration suspended 2024 mental health parity enforcement, leaving 136 million workers with weaker protections in 2026.
HHS put $700M into 988 and CCBHCs June 17 — less than three months after DOL said it won't defend the MHPAEA rule that makes insurers actually cover care.