As Suicides Rise, Insurers Find Ways to Deny Mental Health Coverage
In my experience a related obstacle to obtaining mental health services is that the insurance companies require that the records from therapy must be available to the insurance company so they can verify the services they are paying for. Meaning, the notes from deeply personal discussions with your therapist and any resulting diagnosis can end up in the hands of your insurance company. Once this information has left your therapist&#x27;s office it can end up any number of places. While that might be a risk I am willing to take with my social security number or other personal information the deeply personal topics discussed in therapy are not worth risking.<p>I don&#x27;t see how this gets any better with single-payer&#x2F;government funded funding routes. I don&#x27;t want anyone to know what I discuss with my therapist much less a soulless corporation or the government. The avenues this could open up for oppression from corporations and&#x2F;or the government sends a shiver down my spine.