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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 [b]insurance companies couldn't afford that without tripling premiums[/b]
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NP - of course they could do the bolded without raising premiums: they could pay their senior leaders reasonable salaries, not millions of dollars per year.  IMO no healthcare company should value profit more than providing quality care.  It's unconscionable.  They get away with this crap because mental illness is still stigmatized.  Don't get me started on the lack of access to quality care for addiction (which is way behind that for other mental illnesses).[/quote]

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