An investment from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona will help support five additional mental health providers, as well as and ensure the providers remain practicing in any of Arizona's 176 mental HPSAs. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Finding mental health care—especially care covered by insurance—is tough, despite the fact that since 2008 insurers have been required to cover it, according to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
In fact, a finding covered and accessible care in a reasonable amount of time is so difficult that it has reportedly contributed to a fall in U.S. life expectancy over the last three years.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
