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Illinois legislators seek to expand access to mental health care

Illinois legislators seek to expand access to mental health care
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Illinois lawmakers consider measures aimed at making mental health care more accessible

Illinois lawmakers consider measures aimed at making mental health care more accessible
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Doctors, patients loathe step therapy rules An Illinois bill would prohibit the practice

CHICAGO — Kim Albin has lost count of the number of times she’s had to battle health insurance companies over medications.

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Illinois bill would ban step therapy

Illinois bill would ban step therapy
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Doctors and patients loathe step therapy rules, but insurers say they re necessary An Illinois bill would prohibit the practice

Kim Albin has lost count of the number of times she’s had to battle health insurance companies over medications. Albin, who has been living with multiple sclerosis for nearly 30 years, said health insurers have told her time and again that they won’t cover medications her doctors have prescribed until she first tries alternate, often cheaper, ones. “It’s like playing Russian roulette,” said .

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