KQED: Psych-Appeal’s Meiram Bendat on Mental Health Accessibility in California

NPR member station KQED is looking into the “State of Mind” in California with an investigation into the accessibility of mental health treatment—and the ramifications of denials and gaps in coverage. As part of the series, reporter April Dembosky spoke to Psych-Appeal’s Meiram Bendat about the Department of Managed Health Care’s relationship with insurance companies.

“Why don’t we have the same type of enforcement as we do [in New York]?” asks Bendat. “They’re a slow bureaucracy that takes way too long to respond to consumer complaints.”

Bendat’s comments are part of a broader story examining state regulation that aired today on KQED.