
Max Blau (maxblau.bsky.social)
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Investigative reporter with @ProPublica's South bureau, covering health care, public health, and the environment. Find me at maxblau.bsky.social
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https://www.propublica.org/people/max-blau 01-05-2009 19:54:38
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NEW: Three years ago, UnitedHealthcare was sanctioned for illegally denying mental health coverage. We've found similar practices are still very much alive, after reviewing leaked documents that reveal the company’s playbook for limiting care. 🧵👇 propublica.org/article/united…



The U.S. Department of Labor has found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how health plans and insurers cover mental health care, echoing the findings of a recent ProPublica investigation. Here's the details on what DOL found: propublica.org/article/depart…

Watch Oscar Isaac, Kathryn Erbe and Bill Camp perform “I Don’t Want to Die: Needing Mental Health Care, He Got Trapped in His Insurer’s Ghost Network" by our reporter Max Blau (maxblau.bsky.social). RSVP to attend this FREE event by Theater of War Productions & WNYC 🎙 on Zoom: towpropublica.eventbrite.com


Our “America’s Mental Barrier” series, which examines how insurance companies interfere with access to necessary mental health care across the United States, was also named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category: propublica.org/series/america… Via The Pulitzer Prizes
