Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

People are suffering #healthinsurance #mentalhealth #luigimangione #healthcareceo #unitedhealthcare

11 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief commentary, Dr. Jameca Cooper expresses deep frustration with the administrative hurdles and denial practices of health insurance that impede timely mental health treatment for patients experiencing traumatic life events. She outlines how insurers require extensive documentation—notes, records, treatment plans, and justification statements—yet still often deny coverage, leading to prolonged periods without needed therapy. The delays can span months, during which patients suffer. While she does not advocate violence, she calls for systemic change in the U.S. health insurance system to alleviate these burdens and better support those in crisis.

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I totally understand how people feel frustrated with health insurance. I ain't saying you need to go out here and kill CEOs, but I'm saying this health insurance sometimes can be some BS. I have patients all the time who have maybe regular, normal, decent insurance, but what if something happens to them in their life? What if they lose their loved one, their parent, their child, their spouse, and they need to come in and get more sessions twice a week, 3 times a week? For a small period of time until they can get better. Usually it takes so much to send in for health insurances— notes, records, treatment plans, reasons, statements— and then sometimes they still deny coverage. So months later, if they approve it, by that time patients have suffered a long, long time. So it's some BS, and I hope as a country we can do something to change it because people are suffering.