Why therapists are leaving insurance networks
Therapist Norma Kawatta, seen on screen, talks to Paris Carroll, VP of mental health clinical services for Hazel Health, as the pair demonstrate how the company's telehealth therapy service works. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
It can be hard to find a therapist who accepts health insurance. A new investigation by ProPublica and NPR finds that’s in part because insurers are making it hard for some mental health providers to stay on their plans.
In some states, patients have legal protections against insurers cutting short their mental health care, but a review of laws across the country finds that’s the exception, not the rule.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with ProPublica’s Annie Waldman.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
