• jacaw@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS? This is insane, you can just go to a drug dealer and buy some for over a hundred times less. I really hope this is the price with insurance.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, if your drug dealer is a licensed psychiatrist.

      It’s drug-assisted therapy. You’re paying for a therapist, not a drug. In the study, they did three eight-hour sessions. They don’t just give you a few beans and wish you luck.

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        11 months ago

        Even so, that’s $625/hr, which is prohibitively expensive for many Americans. Insurance companies are going to fight tooth and nail not to pay for this. What are the odds the VA pays $15,000 for every traumatized vet? Getting MDMA from a dealer and having one of your friends talk things out with you is, while less effective, going to be the only option for a ton of people.