Benefit leaders may be creating obstacles to mental health support

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  • Key Insight: Learn why benefit design — not just insurance coverage — drives mental-health access failures.
  • What’s at Stake: Unaddressed access barriers raise ER usage, productivity losses, absenteeism, and turnover risks.
  • Forward Look: Employers should prepare to broaden networks, expand virtual options, and redesign utilization policies.
  • Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

Benefit leaders have invested a significant amount of time and effort into improving mental health coverage, but employees are still struggling to use their insurance to get care they need.  

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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