Burden of Proof: Insurance companies are refusing to pay for mental healthcare and regulators are letting them. Patients are left to fend for themselves.

Author

Graison Dangor, Cuny Graduate School of JournalismFollow

Graduation Date

Fall 12-16-2018

Grading Professor

Marshall Allen

Subject Concentration

Business & Economics

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

When their mental health claims are denied, patients who are supposed to be protected by state and federal law have a choice: Don’t get care or pay for the care themselves, then fight to get paid back.

Link to capstone: https://graisondangor.github.io/mental-healthcare-equality/

Recommended Citation

Dangor, Graison, "Burden of Proof: Insurance companies are refusing to pay for mental healthcare and regulators are letting them. Patients are left to fend for themselves." (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/309