Re:A little discussed effect of therapy: it changes personal...
by pova on Thursday May 09, 2019 @05:44AM
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I notice this trend of not covering dentistry through many countries. I think the issue is that a lot of dentistry work tends to be aesthetic and because of that it's hard to draw the lines on what should be covered.
Re:A little discussed effect of therapy: it changes personal...
by krageon on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:32AM
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> a lot of dentistry work tends to be aesthetic
Is this true? This is so far from my experience I'm actually curious what the numbers are. If you have a study on this, I'd love to read it.
Every resident of Switzerland has to have obligatory health insurance. Therapy is part of the basic package that every insurance provider has to cover (for up to N sessions per year). The patient has to pay a cover of 10% of the cost on top.
This shifts the cost of therapy from $150/hr to $15/hr + basic health insurance premiums (<$500/mo). Note that this is general health insurance, so this will also cover physical health etc. (apart from dentistry for some reason).