MedPage Today January 9, 2026
Plaintiffs claim ‘deceptive’ impression about the size of the insurer’s provider network
This story was originally published by ProPublica.
In late 2024, Nimrod Shimrony, an emergency medical technician for the New York City Fire Department, tried to end his life. After completing an intensive outpatient treatment program, he and his wife searched for a therapist for months.
Valeria Calderón, a special education teacher with New York City’s public school system, suffered a miscarriage that same year. Before she tried to have a baby again, she sought help with the depression and anxiety she had been struggling with. She called more than a dozen therapists.
The therapists Shimrony and Calderón contacted were listed in their insurance plan’s provider directory, meaning they...
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