Policy Can Therapists Unionize? Therapists can organize, but not all therapists can organize in the same way. Employees have the clearest path. Independent clinicians and solo owners have a narrower one, shaped as much by antitrust law as labor law.
Policy The Mental Health Parity Act Turns 30 This Year. It Still Does Not Work. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act was supposed to end discriminatory insurance coverage for mental health treatment. Thirty years later, insurers are still finding ways around it — and regulators are still letting them.
Policy Medicaid Mental Health: What the Proposed Cuts Actually Mean for Practitioners Federal Medicaid proposals in 2026 would reduce mental health funding in ways that are not immediately visible in the headline numbers. Here is what is actually on the table.
Policy Insurance Credentialing Is Broken. Nobody Is Fixing It. The average credentialing process for a new mental health provider takes three to six months. Many advocates argue it should take four to six weeks. The delay is not technical. It is structural — and the structure benefits the people who built it.
