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Sounds like a good thing but they’ll probably just raise our premiums 50%

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Unfortunately, private insurance only makes money when it isn’t used.

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Lets not stoop to their level, no reason to strawman mental health coverage, which is much needed in this country.

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Mental healthcare gets held back by people like you who think their ignorance is more valid than the knowledge of people that actually study these phenomenon from the goal of understanding it.

I hope you have enough self awareness to realize you’re allowing conservatives to sabotage your principles through wedge issue scapegoats that are misrepresented.

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I’m confused, do you actually believe that Democrats are not beholden to big money?

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Big hospital near me removed the only mental health floor in theicounty this year. Mental healthcare just isn’t profitable. The big hospital in my county has a 6 month waiting list to see someone.

The private practice guys don’t take most insurance.

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Can confirm about private practice. My insurers mental health website was severely out of date so I had to spend hours upon hours on hold with every private practice in a 20 mile radius to find one that took my insurance. Still ended up on a 3 months long wait-list before I was finally seen.

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Not really. They’ll just raise their rates.

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You know what the data says would have a big impact on mental illness? Fixing the wealth inequality that’s destroying the country.

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Yeah, I’d say stress due to financial hardship and dread due to climate change are primary causes poor mental health, but I don’t see politicians doing anything meaningful for these.

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Nice, though if I lose my job and insurance due to the paralyzing anxiety I have regarding losing my job and insurance, this doesn’t really make a difference

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