{"id":581712,"date":"2026-08-27T07:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581712\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T07:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:20:09","slug":"willamette-week-careoregon-blocked-her-therapist-then-it-blocked-her-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581712\/","title":{"rendered":"Willamette Week: ‘CareOregon blocked her therapist. Then it blocked her new one’"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 During the pandemic, access to mental health support and therapy expanded quickly.<\/p>\n

Now, six years later, a disruption is happening in Oregon.<\/p>\n

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

And as Willamette Week reports, that change is leaving many patients suddenly looking for new options.<\/p>\n

To break it down, WW health care reporter Andrew Schwartz joined KATU on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

To watch the segment, click above. To read more from Willamette Week, 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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-581712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}