Willamette Week: ‘CareOregon blocked her therapist. Then it blocked her new one’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — During the pandemic, access to mental health support and therapy expanded quickly.

Now, six years later, a disruption is happening in Oregon.

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.

And as Willamette Week reports, that change is leaving many patients suddenly looking for new options.

To break it down, WW health care reporter Andrew Schwartz joined KATU on Wednesday.

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