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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one complains when doctors charge the same price for 15 minutes of their time.

Most of the specialists charging $250 have masters degrees. And no pretend "education" masters degrees, legit masters degrees from real schools.

People complain because they think women should do this work for charity wages. [/quote]

100%

The insurance companies are where this should be managed. If they would pay any benefits towards mental health reimbursement it would make such a difference in being able to afford therapy. Docs aren’t trying to price folks out. [/quote]

I was going to say this too. The question should be why reimbursement is so low. [/quote]

Reimbursement is so low because every single person in the US would like to be in therapy and insurance companies couldn't afford that without tripling premiums
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That is not true! It’s absolutely possible to find adult therapists who take insurance and have reasonable co-pays. I still do not see one regularly, though I did benefit during a year following a traumatic event.

However it is nearly impossible to find a child therapist who takes insurance (unless you can work with a hospital based practice, which has its own downsides including location IME), so you are looking at paying $200 or more and getting back maybe $40 for allowable coverage. And that is with my *good* insurance. That’s not ok. Meanwhile doctors have figured out how to work the system for cosmetic GLP-1 and nose jobs. It’s not ok. [/quote]

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