06/10/2026
This piece from Rolling Stone is such an important read.
“People are dying, but they aren’t being murdered in a way that captures headlines.”
Studies show that more than 80 percentof eating disorder patients report barriers to care due to insurance at some point during their illness, that up to half of patients leave treatment before achieving their treatment goals, and that patients with private insurance are discharged earlier than those with public insurance.
Insurers are using loopholes in a mental health parity law to get around paying for expensive in-patient care.