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Except they don't provide adequate mental health care even with the parity law. It takes about a month for your consultation and they funnel everybody into grou
by athms 6y ago
Except they don't provide adequate mental health care even with the parity law. It takes about a month for your consultation and they funnel everybody into group therapy and/or drugs. Only those with severe mental disorders are given access to a shrink and only every 3-4 months. If you want weekly or biweekly visits to a psychoanalyst, you will be paying out of pocket.
Also, as much as Kaiser likes to call themselves a non-profit, the doctor group is for-profit. Kaiser is actually composed of three separate legal entities: insurer, hospitals, and doctors. Any profit left over at the end of the fiscal year is split evenly by the hospital and doctor groups, with the doctors engaging in profit sharing. There is an incentive to provide less care to those paying out of pocket for the insurance because the doctors will reap a bigger bonus. This is not the case for Medicare and Medicaid recipients because reimbursement is based off both treatment and outcome metrics.
- shajznnckfke 6y agoA “shrink” means a psychiatrist, and a psychiatrist is how you get drugs. So I feel there is some conflict in your answer where you say they funnel people to drugs and also it’s hard to see a psychiatrist. In my case I went to Kaiser and it took a few weeks to get to see the shrink, who gave me drugs. If you’re looking to have your health insurance cover therapy, I agree that Kaiser is the wrong choice. I also saw a therapist for a while, who was covered by my employer’s EAP (a separate benefit from health insurance). I didn’t think most insurers would cover regular visits with a psychoanalyst. I thought they were a pretty rare resource, so if people with insurance had free access, wouldn’t they all be fully booked?