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Despite the federal law, many insurers continue to charge higher copayments for mental health care, limit the frequency of mental health treatment, or impose more restrictive prior authorization policies.
The Biden administration is pushing insurers and state regulators to ensure that mental health care is treated like other care.
Because insurers typically reimburse mental health care providers at lower rates than other providers, psychiatrists are less likely to participate in insurance plans, studies show.
When she tried to find help for her daughter’s depression, Michelle Romero was frantic, panicked and heartbroken. She searched and searched for mental health clinicians within her daughter’s …
The administration is pushing insurers and states to improve mental health care coverage, as overdose deaths and youth health problems rise.