NYT: Teachers, Police, Other Public Workers Left Out of Mental Health Coverage

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Linda Michaels, a psychologist in Chicago whose patients include city workers whose insurance plans have cumbersome requirements for mental health coverage. “I just don’t get it, during this pandemic year,” she said. Credit: Evan Jenkins for The New York Times

Health plans for state and local workers can opt out of the federal law requiring them to treat mental health like other medical conditions.

from Abelson, R. (2021, August 31). Teachers, Police, Other Public Workers Left Out of Mental Health Coverage. The New York Times.

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