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> Several insurers told ProPublica that they are committed to ensuring access to mental health providers, emphasizing that their plans are in compliance with st
by neilv 2y ago
> Several insurers told ProPublica that they are committed to ensuring access to mental health providers, emphasizing that their plans are in compliance with state and federal laws. Insurers also said they have practices in place to make sure reimbursement rates reflect market value and to support and retain providers, for which they continually recruit.
Journalists could use an LLM to fetch the obligatory predictable responses from corporate spokespeople, to insulate the journalists' souls from that.
- skybrian 2y agoThe point is to give them a chance to respond. Then they can't come back later and say "why didn't you talk to us?" It's often not that helpful, but it's standard journalistic practice to give them a chance.
- mindslight 2y agoWell then, lets go the other way. It would be nice if standard journalistic practice evolved to evaluating what business drones said rather than just repeating it verbatim. "When asked for comment, <company> responded but said nothing useful"