Their son attempted suicide. Insurance denied his mental health treatment anyway

Nick Benz-Bushling never imagined that managing his son’s mental health care would turn into a real-life horror story.

After years of struggles, 16-year-old Johnathan attempted suicide in February.

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Benz-Bushling 41, and his wife Misty Benz-Bushling, 39, of Stephensville, Michigan, rushed Johnathan to the emergency room, and then later took him to Forest View Hospital, an inpatient behavioral health facility in Grand Rapids that had room in its pediatric psychiatry unit. When a doctor there said Johnathan needed residential treatment, the Benz-Bushlings immediately found him a bed at Newport Academy in Washington.

“I was angry at myself,” Johnathan said. “I was upset that I disappointed my parents, because I knew th