By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – If you have medical insurance, obviously, you want to see a health care provider who is in-network.
That’s not always the case, though, on the lists of providers you may see, and you can wind up paying full price for going out-of-network. A bill in the Illinois House would allow you to recoup the extra costs when you see a mental health provider in those cases.
“This bill identifies a problem where we have seen providers listed on those directories that are either out of network or not even practicing,” said the sponsor, State Rep. Margaret Croke (D-Chicago).
Croke says these days, people are paying more attention to their mental health.
“There is clearly a need, and we need to make sure that care is accessible to people,” said Croke.
“And this bill does that.”
Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected].
