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Share Your Story: How Insurance Practices Affect Counselors and Clients

Jun 1, 2026

Insurers (including Medicaid managed care organizations) have been aggressively pursuing clawbacks, reimbursement reductions, downcoding, and other “cost-saving” approaches.

This is enormously disruptive and harmful for the counseling community. It:

  • Endangers the financial stability of practices,
  • Pushes counselors out of network, and
  • Reduces mental healthcare accessibility for communities.

ֲýis urgently gathering personal stories from counselors impacted by these insurance challenges.

Your story could assist us in our meetings with lawmakers, strengthen our advocacy efforts, and show the real-life consequences of these harmful practices. Together, we can make a powerful case for greater insurance regulation and the prioritization of accessible mental healthcare.

By submitting your story, you are supporting both counselors and clients. Thank you for being an advocate!