Then: care first
Community care was the point
Therapy used to center people, relationships, and long-term healing. Trust mattered more than quarterly numbers.
Timeline: how care got captured
The timeline of corporate greed in mental health.
This is the arc: care first values got replaced by corporate incentives. We are building the comeback. Therapist freedom, people first access, zero insurance drama.
Shift: consolidation
Corporate scale moved in
As big networks grew, decisions got farther from therapists and clients. Care became a line item instead of a mission.
Now: profit pressure
Lobbying and incentives distorted access
Systems rewarded throughput, denials, and friction. Therapists burned out while people waited longer for real support.
What we are building
A people-powered reset
Out of Network keeps it direct: private pay providers, transparent profiles, and no insurance gatekeeping in the middle.
Your next step: skip the gatekeepers.