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This could involve searching through insurance directories for practitioners who accept their plans, or waiting weeks or longer to have an initial visit.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

The draft bill excludes online encyclopaedias and educational directories from the ban.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

A Wall Street Journal investigation earlier this year found that many providers listed in the directories of Medicaid plans had seen few or no patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

There is no Jose Bernal listed as a licensed lawyer or paralegal in the State Bar of California or the California Alliance of Paralegal Assn.’s online directories.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025

Authorities in Alaska contacted law-enforcement agencies in that state, who in turn started combing phone directories for McCandlesses.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer