When the insurance company determines that care is no longer medically necessary and denies ongoing payment, patients have to make difficult financial decisions or are forced to stop in the middle of treatment.
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When the insurance company determines that care is no longer medically necessary and denies ongoing payment, patients have to make difficult financial decisions or are forced to stop in the middle of treatment.
The Parity Act prohibits discriminatory coverage of mental health and substance use disorder benefits but it is not well enforced.
“Fail-first” policies put patients at unnecessary risk for suffering a fatal overdose while trying to get coverage for treatment.
Even though addiction is a chronic disease, it is often treated with brief, episodic care.
Insurance prior authorization requirements delay care when a patient is willing to get treatment.
The cost, at this point in my life, was beyond my financial ability. I was still paying off treatment he had...