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For the first time, beginning in January, Medicare will allow marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors to provide services. Ground Picture / Shutterstock.com
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on KFF Health News. Lynn Cooper was going through an awful time. After losing her job in 2019, she became deeply depressed. Then the covid-19 pandemic hit, and her anxiety went through the roof. Then her cherished therapist — a marriage and family counselor — told Cooper she couldn’t see her once Cooper turned 65 and joined Medicare. “I was stunned,”…