By
Eileen Weber
April 30th, 2025
David Meichsner, LICSW, MBA, is a counselor at Women’s Counseling of Nashua and a member of Clinicians United of New Hampshire, who co-authored the Op-Ed.
One primary reason the shortage of clinicians persists is because of insufficient insurance reimbursement.
Many psychologists, as well as psychiatrists and social workers, are choosing to no longer participate in insurance networks, which, in turns, leaves many people without access to mental health care because they cannot pay for it out of pocket.
New Hampshire has recently been calling attention to this widespread problem.
Members of Clinicians United New Hampshire contributed to an Op-Ed in the New Hampshire Bulletin, which said, in part, “The only recourse for providers should not be to leave that system as it only stands to hurt the very patients we are trying to serve.”
“The fact that insurance companies control so much of the market...
