Em­ploy­ers are pulling back from pro­vid­ing men­tal health ben­e­fits, Talk­space warns

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Talk­space CEO Jon Co­hen told in­vestors dur­ing an earn­ings call Tues­day that some em­ploy­ers have de­cid­ed to drop men­tal health as a ben­e­fit, a hit for a telether­a­py ser­vice that sells to both health plans and em­ploy­ers. 

“There are some em­ploy­ers that have tried men­tal health ben­e­fits and de­cid­ed for one rea­son or an­oth­er that they don’t want to of­fer the ben­e­fit any­more,” Co­hen said dur­ing the call.

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