There is already a shortage of psychiatrists, in part because of miscalculations about the demand for psychiatrists by the gov't and cutbacks in funding for mental health training that occurred years ago. AFAIK the mental health insurance parity under Obamacare is nothing new. This is only the regulations about it. I mentioned insurance payment parity to my cousin, the psychiatrist, a few years ago -- and he just shrugged and indicated that it didn't make much difference to him, since he already had more work than he could possibly handle, and he felt it was his patient's responsibility to deal with their insurance companies.
More increased demand with a decreasing supply under Obamacare. As you say -- this should be interesting to watch!
Thank you for writing that- now might be the perfect time to get a Physician Assistant license. There won’t be enough MDs for a long time. I toyed with the idea in my head a few years back when my friend did it, but forgot about it. Until your post got me thinking. Hmmm...
Decreasing supply of quality care for sure. But an endless supply of cheap psychoactive medications that can be very deleterious and dangerous when unsupervised and used on a permanent basis. Newtown times 100.