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22 Jan, 5 tweets, 1 min read
SlateStarCodex is back! Scott left his day job to run his own private practice so he doesn't need to preserve anonymity, and the private practice will be a one-man attempt to fix cost disease in medicine.
I've seen psychiatrists for depression, anxiety, and anorexia. Normally in the Bay Area intake is $300, sessions are $200, practitioners who take insurance are hard to come by and the copays are still steep.
Scott's new practice is $35/month. That's it. He's not taking new patients at this time, so this isn't an ad to go sign up for him as your doctor, but I really really hope he's able to make this work - and that others follow.
The practice: lorienpsych.com
And the blog: astralcodexten.substack.com

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