Christine Dougherty heard the panic in her son’s voice. “Mom, they’re going to release me soon,” Ryan Matlock told his mother over the phone from his addiction treatment center. She remembered him ...

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.

Insurance denials leave families struggling for lifesaving addiction treatment. Ryan Matlock sought residential care for fentanyl addiction but was denied continued insurance coverage. Days after ...

Ryan Matlock's mother, Christine Dougherty, a first grade teacher in Yucaipa, said she's paid her insurance bill on time every month for decades so that her health plan will take care of her family.