Re:UnitedHealth's Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage
by pyuser583 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @02:00AM
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Limiting therapy to once a week seems reasonable. Even for patients in an inpatient program, more than once a week one-on-one is not normal.
I dislike insurance companies, and this one in particular has a deserved reputation.
But show me the foreign country that regularly provides more than 30 sessions/8 months with a highly qualified counselor.
I’ve worked with young people at risk for suicide. The most important advice is to remove access to death-dealing mechanisms: firearms, poisons, high-ledges, etc.
The more time someone in crisis has to “think again” the less likely they are to kill themselves.
I dislike insurance companies, and this one in particular has a deserved reputation.
But show me the foreign country that regularly provides more than 30 sessions/8 months with a highly qualified counselor.
I’ve worked with young people at risk for suicide. The most important advice is to remove access to death-dealing mechanisms: firearms, poisons, high-ledges, etc.
The more time someone in crisis has to “think again” the less likely they are to kill themselves.