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What "far reaching hypotheticals"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32122139 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32122139 I've heard over and over horror
by KennyBlanken 4y ago
What "far reaching hypotheticals"?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32122139 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32122139
I've heard over and over horror stories along those lines. Someone having a mental health crisis calls emergency services for help (and absolute best case scenario they get a very expensive taxi ride to the ER) or goes to the ER themselves. The ER pumps them full of drugs or just locks them in what amounts to a prison, does nothing to treat people or connect them with services but charge tens of thousands of dollars, leaving people in the same spot they were in before but with mountains of medical debt.
Or, someone is honest with their therapist, the therapist prioritizes not getting hit with a malpractice lawsuit so they report their patient to the police, and...see above, except worse, because the patient isn't expecting it nor did they consent to such a sudden and drastic intervention.