Deadly Denials: When Insurers Fail to Cover Treatment for Eating Disorders, People Suffer. Sometimes They Die.
A four-part investigative series supported by the Pulitzer Center.
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‘We’re Not Serving Our Rural Communities’: One Eating Disorder Specialist for 250,000 People
For people in rural America, finding treatment for eating disorders is nearly impossible. Nearly 20% of patients live in states with no residential treatment in their state.
Eating Disorders: They Don’t Just Happen to Skinny, White, Affluent Girls
For years, the media image of an anorexic youth was an emaciated white female teen. The stereotype was so pervasive that eating disorder specialists have an acronym for it: SWAG, or skinny, white, affluent girl.
‘A Front Row Seat to Desperation’: Meet the Advocates Fighting to Remove Barriers to Eating Disorder Treatment
Across the country, a small group of lawyers and care navigators help patients, often desperately ill, battle with health insurers to access services. It's a high-stress job, and "you don't save everybody."
The Deadly Cost of Eating Disorders: How Health Insurers Delay, Restrict and Deny Care
Eating disorders are America's deadliest mental health condition. For people struggling to get care, health insurers create some of the most formidable hurdles.
Will Your Mental Health Treatment Be Covered? Critics Fear Trump Administration Will Make It Harder
The hopeful news is that both Republicans and Democrats have pledged to address mental health coverage.
Famished for Care: Two Books on Eating Disorders from Experts Who Have Grappled with Them
The information on eating disorders is often complex, thorny and conflicting. Here are two recent books for parents that can help guide you and your child through this grueling time.
