Mental Health Access & Coverage Watch

Track access to mental health care in the United States, written for patients and families. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: parity, network adequacy and ghost-network rules and enforcement; DEA and state telehealth prescribing and cross-state licensing rule changes; coverage decisions, denial pattern findings and enforcement at UnitedHealthcare, Elevance, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, Kaiser and the Blue plans; price, privacy, data-sharing and FTC actions at BetterHelp, Talkspace, Cerebral, Headspace, Calm, Alma and Headway; 988, crisis line and mobile crisis service changes; school and campus counseling program changes; and FDA approvals, coverage decisions and shortage notices for depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD and substance use treatments. Prefer HHS, CMS, DEA, state agencies, insurer notices, FTC, FDA and established health reporting; ignore app marketing and unverified claims, and never give individual medical advice. Put the rule, company or state first in the title and state what changes for a patient. Use high severity for a rule taking effect within 60 days, a coverage change at a national insurer, or a privacy enforcement action with refunds. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what changed, who it affects, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.