{"id":605962,"date":"2026-08-27T07:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/605962\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T07:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:08:09","slug":"willamette-week-careoregon-blocked-her-therapist-then-it-blocked-her-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/605962\/","title":{"rendered":"Willamette Week: &#8216;CareOregon blocked her therapist. Then it blocked her new one&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 During the pandemic, access to mental health support and therapy expanded quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Now, six years later, a disruption is happening in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>CareOregon, the largest contractor administrating the Oregon Health Plan, is restructuring which providers it will work with as the state debates how much it will fund.<\/p>\n<p>And as Willamette Week reports, that change is leaving many patients suddenly looking for new options.<\/p>\n<p>To break it down, WW health care reporter Andrew Schwartz joined KATU on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>To watch the segment, click above. To read more from Willamette Week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/health\/2026\/08\/26\/careoregon-blocked-her-therapist-then-it-blocked-her-new-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 During the pandemic, access to mental health support and therapy expanded quickly. Now, six&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103,61,60,410,411],"class_list":["post-605962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}