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Depression Rates Near Record High—Why Your Health Plan’s Mental Health Benefits Matter Even More Now

With a background in journalism and counseling, Penny Min blends analytical research with real-world insight to help readers make informed financial decisions. At Forbes Marketplace, she specializes ... Read More

Gen-Z Mental Health Crisis: How Insurance Coverage Can Turn ‘Overwhelm’ Into Empowerment

With a background in journalism and counseling, Penny Min blends analytical research with real-world insight to help readers make informed financial decisions. At Forbes Marketplace, she specializes ... Read More

Mental Health Coverage Improves Yet Awareness Lags

Almost 40% of health care plan participants did not know if mental health services were covered in the same way as medical care, according to a survey by EBRI. Plan sponsors have improved their ... Read More

Insurers can restrict a patient's mental healthcare

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses the insurance approval process for mental health treatment with The Kennedy Forum's Lauren Finke. Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement Network ... Read More

Does Medicare Cover Mental Health Treatment?

If you’re over 65 years old, there is a 1 in 4 chance you are navigating a mental health condition, according to the National Council on Aging, and an even higher chance you’re enrolled in Medicare. Read More

Trump’s Rollback of Rules for Mental Health Coverage Could Lead More Americans to Go Without Care

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. At times, he backed up his rhetoric with action. His ... Read More

United Health cited for unfair mental health coverage policies

One of the biggest health insurers operating in the state, United Healthcare, has not handled beneficiaries' mental health treatment coverage fairly, a sweeping, multiyear examination by the State ... Read More

Insurance commissioner issues $20M in fines over mental health coverage

Twenty-two health insurance companies in Georgia have violated state law and will pay a total of $20 million for not covering mental health equally to physical health, Georgia Insurance Commissioner ... Read More

WA fines Regence Blue Shield $550K over shortfalls with mental health coverage

Washington state is fining health insurance giant Regence Blue Shield over half a million dollars for disparities between its mental health and medical coverage. For years, Regence failed to provide ... Read More

'A horrible idea': Trump officials are pushing this cheaper health insurance plan as a replacement for Obamacare, but it comes with 1 big catch

Short-term insurance plans are typically cheaper than ACA coverage, costing about half as much as a plan sold on state-run marketplaces created by Obamacare. As The Washington Post notes, a ... Read More