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by hilux 556 days ago
In the US, any good therapist is very expensive and not covered by insurance.
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Schiendelman 556 days ago
This isn't true. Honestly every time I've looked, a therapist taking my typical insurance just took making about 50 phone calls. Most people make five phone calls and then give up.
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em-bee 556 days ago
"just" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

sure, 5 calls may be giving up to early. but 50? if i give up after 40 calls does that mean i haven't been trying hard enough?

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hilux 555 days ago
There's a reason I said "good therapist." That's completely different from "any licensed therapist."

You're just proving my point - you had to make 50 calls to reach "any licensed therapist" covered by your insurance.

Why do you think the other 49 weren't in-network? It's because, if they're good, they can make much more out-of-network, direct billing patients.

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