I have been very frustrated as there is no mental health care covered here under AARP MEDICARE ADVANTAGE UNITED HEALTHCARE--NOTHING--I have looked for a therapist literally for YEARS--NO OPENINGS ANYWHERE IN WESTERN OREGON!!!NOT IN Eugene, Springfield, not Portland--nada!! no there are NO PSYCHIATRISTS LEFT IN OREGON--THEY ALL LEFT the state,They refuse to take Medicare amd medicaID. HONEST!! MEDICAL people have left Oregon, as a huge group,to other states,they hate the govt, insurance here.---I have tried to get a therapist for years--one just dumped me cause im too depressed for her,.HAH.--Shes an "amatueur"(spelling)from a poor free clinic. Who is so bad, they can't stand depressed PATIENTS?STUDENTS!! But, no, Unitedhealthcare medicare advantage aarp does NOT COVER MENTAL HEALTH. IM NOT EXAGGERATING. I wish i were,.Your insurance probably does not cover it either--insurance companies hate covering mental health.--So your govt, type insurance may not cover it at all, You know when i get very depressed,and i get bad headaches?I go to a nuerologist.They cover exaCTLY THE SAME MEDICINE THAT PSYCHIATRISTS USE.--I am very depressed now,horrible headaches,the only thing left is a nuerologist--It is the same BRAIN.EXACTLY the same.--But the only medical doctor for my depression with headaches is a "physical medicine"doctor..I hate to tell you this,mental illness is so discriminated against, insurances refuse to cover it often.--It used to be,mentqal illness USED TO HAVE "Advocates"and programs--not any more.Why do you think all those mental people are homeless?They're not all drunks and addicts.---Lots of severely mentally ill are all over our streets.--sometimes in jail.--no institutions left either, they were all emptied. I cannot pay a huge amt. of money to see real therapists,and all the medicare & medicaid is refused generally.There are waiting lists for years that never move.--Unless you can pay $$$ cash, its hard to find therapists now. You know what?I have to talk a few minutes to "senior lonliness lines" or "Warm lines,"or "suicide hotlines"for a couple minutes---they are overwhelmed too. My cat keeps me alive and feeling like she really needs me. --much more than any expensive therapist. Oh, and other than nuerology, my internest is my "therapist".My poor gp--I go to talk to him, at times,he even understands "depression" as a real medical disease.--Excellent doctor,they over work the poor guy. So, yes, imagine GPs and internsts having to handle very mental problems; its true. Medicare just is not attracted to anyone else except your gp; they often have to handle it now.I would not be a doctor for anything now; my sister'as doctor just QUIT HER JOB.--completely. She's so spent,she can't work any more.--Kaiser Permanente in California.--The poor woman is a wreck, wasted, she can no longer do it.--Can you imagine a time where doctors are aLL GETTING NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS AND EXAUSTION? it is happening. There are self help books, too.I've had to use them for this.Even books on "Anger Management."Often they work. I'm trying to help. Sorry!!!I wish i could help you more. ๐