Why psychiatrists turn away patients who can't pay cash

Name: Why psychiatrists turn away patients who can't pay cash
Uploaded: 2015-04-18T20:07:33Z
Duration: P189S
Description: Fewer and fewer psychiatrists take patients using private insurance or Medicare to pay. And that means low-income people often can't get proper psychiatric care, a development that can have tragic consequences. Bloomberg's Shannon Pettypiece joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

Clip: Season 2015 | 3m 9s

Fewer and fewer psychiatrists take patients using private insurance or Medicare to pay. And that means low-income people often can't get proper psychiatric care, a development that can have tragic consequences. Bloomberg's Shannon Pettypiece joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

Aired: 04/17/15

Rating: NR

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