To: Michael Fitzpatrick (NY-8)
NYS: Out of Network Benefits Are Essential to Mental Health
NYS is about to vote on including or eliminating Out Of Network benefits on the NYS of Health insurance exchange policies. This will directly effect patients in Psychotherapy, making it impossible for thousands of patients to pay for therapy without Out-of -Network benefits, interrupting their therapeutic relationship in the middle of treatment. This is a danger to their well-being. Sign to insist that Out-of-Network benefits are a required option on the NYS of Health website policies.
Why is this important?
As a psychologist, I and many colleagues have seen how the absence of Out-of-Network benefits has hurt many people by creating an unnecessary obstacle to getting needed care.