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Equality in the Restroom
From the NYT: Potty parity does not always mean that there will be the same number of toilets for women and men. Parity is measured by wait times. Studies show that women take about twice as long as men in...

Advice for women faculty who are seeking pay parity with male colleagues
This comes to us from the advice column of Inside Higher Ed. Here's an excerpt: Your goal is to bring your salary into parity with those of your senior male colleagues. You also want to get this resolved through informal...

All about parity...
Parity...So this is why the only proper way to insure funding for PD's offices is to pass a law (concomitant with the creation of any state-wide system) which requires PD funding to be directly correlated to the budget of prosecutor's offices...

Cost Estimates Vary on Mental Health Parity Law
The Los Angeles Times reports that agencies predict that health insurance costs could increase from 0.2% to 5%, depending on the type of plan. Tammy Worth writes, Will the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity...

Could mental health parity be in the offing
Lawmakers will try to move mental health parity legislation by attaching it to a tax bill that will be addressed by the Senate this week, CongressDaily reports (Edney, CongressDaily, 9/17)...

Mental Health Parity
Today, the House passed the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (HR 6983) by a vote of 376 to 47. The legislation will end discrimination against patients seeking treatment for mental illness...

Parity On, Dude!
Congress, consumers, and the legal and medical communities have been debating parity for decades. When insurance covers physical, but not (often underlying) mental ailments, patients fall through the cracks...

Potty Parity Law Applies to Everyone
Today's Boston Globe reports that some school districts in the state with high schools under construction don't want to comply with the state's "potty parity" law, 248 CMR 10.10(18), which sets out the number of toilets required for men and women at public facilities so that everyone has approximately the same wait time to use the facilities...

Seeking copyright parity

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women