Daniel Reyes

Damon, a 41-year-old high school teacher in Rochester, New York, switched to his wife’s Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO during open enrollment after his district moved away from a UFT plan. He had been seeing the same therapist for OCD-related contamination concerns for three years. The therapist was in-network with Anthem, the directory said … Read more

Mental Health Parity Is the Law That Most Patients Do Not Know They Have Federal law has required most health plans to cover mental health care at the same level as medical care since the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act passed in 2008. The law was strengthened by the Affordable Care Act, which extended parity … Read more