Oz Pushes Catastrophic Health Plans, Which Critics Call Junk Insurance
The main criticism of high-deductible health plans has been that people with such coverage typically must pay thousands of ...
Becker's Hospital Review
New Rules Treat Mental Illnesses Like Physical Illnesses
The law, passed in 2008, previously only applied to employees in large group health plans. With the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, mental health parity was expanded to ...
MedCity News
Teletherapy Alone Will Not Solve The Mental Health Access Issue
Behavioral health care remains stagnant in its advancement, leaving countless patients to struggle without help. Cardiology, orthopedics, endocrinology, and other specialties of physical medicine have ...
AZFamily
Phoenix psychologist fears insurance changes will widen mental health care gap
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A big shakeup is on the way for Arizona mental health professionals and one of the state’s largest insurance companies. Therapists say starting on New Year’s Day, new supervision ...
The American Journal of Managed Care
Mental Health Care Use After Leaving Medicare Advantage for Traditional Medicare
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with mental health diagnoses see more nurse practitioners and fewer internal medicine and emergency medicine specialists after switching to traditional Medicare.
Concord Monitor
Bow mother’s loss fuels fight for improved mental health care access
Katie Lyon-Pingree, a mother from Bow, shows a picture of her son who died battling mental health challenges Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for ...
CNBC
Rule expands penalty-free early 401(k) withdrawals — but new use ‘might not be practical,’ advisor says
The new rule will let you take up to $2,600 yearly from your 401(k) to pay for qualified long-term care insurance premiums without paying a 10% early withdrawal penalty if you're under age 59½. The ...