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22. As it happens, UnitedHealth has an sorted reputation for intentionally limiting Mental Health coverage

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 08:40 PM

Dec 9

Reporting Highlights

An Insurer Sanctioned: Three states found United’s algorithmic system to limit mental health coverage illegal; when they fought it, the insurer agreed to restrict it.

A Patchwork Problem: The company is policing mental health care with arbitrary thresholds and cost-driven targets, highlighting a key flaw in the U.S. regulatory structure.

United’s Playbook Revealed: The poorest and most vulnerable patients are now most at risk of losing mental health care coverage as United targets them for cost savings.

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-mental-health-care-denied-illegal-algorithm

And on the topic of the nation's "Mental Health Crisis"... many go on about it but like gun violence, nothing has been done about it. Certainly not by United Health.

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